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Border Officials in New Zealand Fine an Indian Woman With Cow Urine

by Dr. Trupti Shirole on Oct 5 2015 5:34 PM

 Border Officials in New Zealand Fine an Indian Woman With Cow Urine
An Indian woman has been fined $400 ($260 US) for bringing cow urine into New Zealand, reported border officials.
The officials fined her after she failed to declare two bottles containing cow urine as part of her luggage after her flight landed in New Zealand.

Antony Owen, a senior official, said, "When the officers started to inspect the contents of the luggage, they found two bottles of cow urine for medicinal purposes."

The incident that took place last month was reported in the ministry's monthly report released recently.

Owen said, "The belief that animal products have healing properties can stop people from thinking they need to declare it. We probably get things like this because they are related to culture, religion or traditional medicines. When they fall into that category, that can cloud people's judgement sometimes in what they're declaring."

Source-IANS


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