Weird Cargo at the New York Airport (40 pics)

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Photographer Taryn Simon spent 5 days taking pictures of cargo seized or detained from express mail and passengers entering the USA from abroad at Kennedy airport. Here is a selection of the most unusual things people were trying to smuggle into the United States.

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1 Weird Cargo at the New York Airport (40 pics)

Lard, Ukraine


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U.S. Currency


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Gold Dust, India


4 Weird Cargo at the New York Airport (40 pics)

Mixed Fruits, Africa


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Watches, China


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Pigeon Medicine, South Africa


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Louis Vuitton Handbags


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Deer Penis, Asia


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Guinea Pigs, Ecuador


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Unidentified White Powder


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Chicken Feet


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Insect Larvae, India


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Mixed Jewelry


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Steroids, Pakistan


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Bongs


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Unidentified Mammal, Indonesia


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Sugar Cane, Jamaica


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Unknown Meat


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Oxalis Tuberosa, Peru


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Broom Corn, India


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Unidentified Liquid


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Pharmaceutical Pills, Pakistan


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Viagra, China


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Dry Khat, Kenya


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South African Cycad


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African Mask


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Hydrocodone, India


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Nesting Dolls


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Cow-Dung Toothpaste, India


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Piper Leaves


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Heroin, India


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Gemstones, Sri Lanka


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Cow-Hoof Bottle, Europe


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Cuban Cigars


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Beef, Argentina


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Date-Rape Drug, Poland


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Pitcher of Salami, Eastern Europe


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Bird Corpse, Indonesia


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Money Orders


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№1 Author: kamatchou (18 Nov 2010 01:11) Total user comments: 311


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weird witchcraft stuff 41

hopefully that was not the LOST saison 6 ,BTW the best tv show ever
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№2 Author: joffenbaker (18 Nov 2010 01:43) Total user comments: 4968


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Deer Penis?? sorry I'm still laughing about Veronica's obsession with pooping...wtf? 07
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№3 Author: Jimmy Johnson (18 Nov 2010 01:56) Total user comments: 5518


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The cow dung toothpaste and salami, I understand. You can't get good cow dung or salami these days.
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№4 Author: fairmania (18 Nov 2010 02:36) Total user comments: 1460


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I feel a little sad for the guinea pigs.

How long had the poor little buggers been dead for??

Liking the pitcher of salami though, as it's not a serving suggestion I had thought about before...
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№5 Author: DocMcCoy (18 Nov 2010 02:40) Total user comments: 6039


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Bongs? 44
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№6 Author: hof (18 Nov 2010 03:40) Total user comments: 200


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what's wrong with the mask?
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№7 Author: Patty (18 Nov 2010 04:08) Total user comments: 1766


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Why?
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№8 Author: mauman707 (18 Nov 2010 05:38) Total user comments: 495


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№9 Author: rockers114 (18 Nov 2010 07:32) Total user comments: 544


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№10 Author: astroboy3000 (18 Nov 2010 08:07) Total user comments: 2543


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i never leave the country without a good quality deer penis
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№11 Author: Jinxaruny (18 Nov 2010 10:18) Total user comments: 10324


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№12 Author: Gyselinck (18 Nov 2010 10:44) Total user comments: 3133


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What the problem with things like Cow-Hoof Bottle ?

@HOF the mask look like a very old one... perhaps somebody rob it somewhere...
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№13 Author: mahedi (18 Nov 2010 11:19) Total user comments: 10772


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R they really use Cow-Dung Toothpaste? 78
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№14 Author: elunicotomas (18 Nov 2010 13:07) Total user comments: 1680


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№15 Author: aks3167 (18 Nov 2010 16:42) Total user comments: 1674


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№16 Author: 2fuzzy (18 Nov 2010 16:53) Total user comments: 10400


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Wonder why some of this stuff was confiscated.
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№17 Author: Pilgrim (18 Nov 2010 17:55) Total user comments: 2288


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Cow-Dung Toothpaste?!?!?!
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№18 Author: Lu (18 Nov 2010 19:16) Total user comments: 15132


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USA full of sick Pigeons, so I thought to help out and . . . . .
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№19 Author: StaticX (18 Nov 2010 20:42) Total user comments: 661


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Who will use the deer penis xD? And who will wash their teeth with cow-dung toothpaste 07 There's ome weird stuffs here. I don't understand why the nesting dolls were confiscated 01
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№20 Author: salsapopo (18 Nov 2010 22:17) Total user comments: 12723


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people carry crazy stuff 44
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№21 Author: Nsibai (18 Nov 2010 22:27) Total user comments: 5694


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№22 Author: compmaster (18 Nov 2010 23:33) Total user comments: 1871


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№23 Author: adzhoe (20 Nov 2010 02:54) Total user comments: 15111


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hmmm, more questions than answers here.
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№24 Author: Sokay (20 Nov 2010 14:25) Total user comments: 237


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Unindentified white powder, no doubt, I've found what it is 44
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№25 Author: miscellaneous (20 Nov 2010 21:57) Total user comments: 4179


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The nesting dolls I don't understand at all.

Here is a funny story.

I live in the U.S......about two years ago at the local post office at night and over a weekend. and this was caught on surveillance cameras, apparently but I have yet to find any footage.
Some little punks decided to throw something flaming into the outside drive up mail receptacle.
A good Samaritan pulls up right after it catches fire...quickly grabs his "chalk type" extinguisher and
takes care of the fire. The good citizen then realizes he has no drivers license and fleas
the seen.
Next Monday morning...when the box was opened out wooshes A "suspicious white powder".....and immediately thinks it's anthrax ......terrorists right.

The national guard, FBI, CDC, were all called out....quarantined the whole area.

Needless to say....no one got their mail for a week.
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№26 Author: Ty Webb (20 Nov 2010 22:15) Total user comments: 6156


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I can't say that I agree with some of these items being banned.
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№27 Author: jai9313 (21 Nov 2010 07:53) Total user comments: 894


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№28 Author: khannibal (22 Nov 2010 21:57) Total user comments: 4711


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№29 Author: amerJD (24 Nov 2010 13:38) Total user comments: 1400


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№30 Author: cherrygarcia14 (15 Dec 2010 20:18) Total user comments: 2278


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10 wtf
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