AIRPORT staff did a routine X-ray of a piece of hand luggage yesterday – and saw this live CHIHUAHUA.
Stunned customs officials initially assumed the tiny mutt was a toy.
But when they unzipped the hold-all which had flown from Bulgaria to Madrid and then to Dublin they found the pooch inside a cage.
A Revenue spokesman said: “The dog appears to be in good health, although a little dopey from the long journey.”
The Bulgarian man who had smuggled in the pet was taken into custody at Dublin airport.
Meanwhile the unnamed dog was handed over to quarantine officials.
X-ray – röntgen, átvilágítás
hand luggage – kézipoggyász
stunned – megdöbbent, megrökönyödött
customs official – vámos
initially – kezdetben
to assume – feltételez
mutt – korcs
to unzip – kicipzáraz
hold-all – sporttáskánál kisebb kézitáska
pooch – kutya (szleng)
cage – ketrec
spokesman – szóviv?
to appear – t?nik, látszik
dopey – kába
to smuggle – csempész
to be taken into custody – ?rizetbe véve lenni
unnamed – meg nem nevezett
to be handed over – átadva lenni
quarantine – karantén
source: www.thesun.co.uk (24 October 2009)
