{"id":2051,"date":"2013-03-04T16:56:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T16:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2051"},"modified":"2013-03-04T16:56:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T16:56:16","slug":"thousands-of-caterpillars-discovered-by-gatwick-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/thousands-of-caterpillars-discovered-by-gatwick-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of caterpillars &#8216;discovered by Gatwick chiefs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Customs officials working at Gatwick Airport were recently stunned to find thousands of dried caterpillars in a passenger's suitcase.<\/p>\n<p>A man attempted to travel through the airport with 94kg of the creatures in his luggage, all of which were intended for personal consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Ingrid Smith, a spokeswoman for Border Force, said: &quot;This was an unusual seizure but the vigilance of our officers has stopped these dried insects from entering the UK and possibly posing a risk to our food chain.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Travellers were reminded that they should not bring any animal products in or out of the UK without a relevant permit.<\/p>\n<p>One of the major risks associated with such a plan is the potential for disease spreading across national boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>The caterpillars had come from Burkina Faso via Istanbul and were the property of a 22-year-old man, who was later let off with just a warning.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801550751-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801550751\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airport bosses made an unusual discovery at Gatwick recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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