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NYC woman gets probation for smuggling monkey meat

A New York City woman who was caught smuggling monkey meat through Customs has been sentenced to probation.

NY judge: Religion aside, monkey meat needs permit

A federal judge in Brooklyn has rejected a Liberian woman's religious reasons for smuggling endangered monkey meat into the country.

Monkey Meat at Center of NYC Court Case

From her baptism in Liberia to Christmas years later in her adopted New York City, Mamie Manneh never lost the longing to celebrate religious rituals by eating monkey meat.

The Vine
Probabation for monkey meat smuggler
Source: New Zealand Herald

NEW YORK - A Liberian woman who was caught smuggling monkey meat through customs has been sentenced to probation. Mamie Manneh was arrested in 2006 after agents seized a shipment of dozens of primate parts hidden in a batch of smoked fish. - AP

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