Authorities at Detroit Metropolitan Airport confiscated bushmeat twice within one week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in an Aug. 20 news release .

The bushmeat seized by CBP agents last month included 11 pounds of rodent meat from Togo, in West Africa, and 52 pounds of primate meat, declared as antelope, from Gabon, in Central Africa. The travelers also had additional, undeclared agricultural items in their possession.

The first seizure occurred on July 15 and the second on July 20, the agency said. In a typical year, airport authorities encounter two dozen interceptions involving bushmeat.

The meat was confiscated and handed over to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each passenger was fined $300 for the undeclared agricultural items.

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