Strange things in the underpants of a 56 year old woman
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.Can you imagine as to what the things you see in the picture are? They are live banana plants recovered by Australian Customs from a 56 year old woman last week. The three banana plants were hidden in her underpants. You must have heard of ants in the pants – but bananas? The Australian Customs was really going bananas when they made this great discovery.
Quarantine officers seized the plants as they pose a significant threat to the health and productivity of Australia's banana industry.
The smuggled plants could be carrying the banana diseases, black sigatoka, fusarium wilt and moko disease.
Penalties for breaching quarantine legislation can result in fines of more than $60,000 and 10 years in jail.