A man visiting the United States from Egypt pled guilty to federal charges of kicking and injuring a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture detector dog.
The incident occurred at the Washington Dulles International Airport on Tuesday when a CBP beagle named Freddie alerted agents to potential contraband in a bag belonging to 70-year-old Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie.
CBP said in a press release:
CBP agriculture detector dog Freddie, a five-year-old beagle, and his handler were inspecting baggage from travelers who arrived from Cairo, Egypt when Freddie alerted to one of Marie’s suitcases. As the CBP canine handler started questioning Marie, he violently kicked Freddie with sufficient force to lift the 25-pound beagle off the ground.
“CBP officers immediately descended upon Marie, handcuffed him,
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