NOT LOVIN' IT: The passenger failed to declare two egg and beef sausage McMuffins in their luggage.
Undeclared McMuffins seized by Australian customs officials.
A detector dog named Zinta sniffed out the passenger’s backpack. After further inspection, officials found the McMuffins and a ham croissant that had been purchased at aThe passenger was slapped with a $2,664 "infringement notice" — or around $1,874 in American dollars — for "failing to declare potential high biosecurity risk items and providing a false and misleading document.
"This will be the most expensive Maccas meal this passenger ever has, this fine is twice the cost of an airfare to Bali, but I have no sympathy for people who choose to disobey Australia’s strict biosecurity measures, and recent detections show you will be caught," Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt
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