Border cops nab cheese smuggler

Puzzled U.S. border police arrested a Mexican smuggler with 88 pounds (40-kg) of cheese hidden in a special compartment in his truck, police said on Friday. Officers using an X-ray machine saw the outline of 16 bulky packages stashed in a secret compartment behind the seat, which they initially believed were packets containing illicit drugs. "Generally if you see something (with the X-ray machine) you expect it to be narcotics, but this turned out to be cheese," a police spokesman told Reuters by telephone. Police arrested the 38-year-old driver, seized the cheese and confiscated the truck because he failed to declare his cargo.

边防警察抓获乳酪走私犯

上周五，美国边防警方称，他们逮捕了一名驾驶一辆皮卡车的墨西哥人。此人把88磅（合40公斤）的乳酪藏在了汽车里面的一个特制大箱子内，试图蒙混过关。不过，走私乳酪这种怪事还是让边防警们多少有点丈二金刚摸不着头脑。警察是通过Ｘ光机看到了汽车座椅后面的一个秘密大箱子里藏有16大包东西。开始时，边防警们相信那里面装的会是违禁药品，（但结果不是）。一名警方发言人通过电话对路透社说，“通常来说，如果人们用Ｘ光机来检查物品，心里就会觉得这可能是麻醉类的药物，但这次想不到是乳酪”。警方以“未能申报货物品为由”逮捕了这名38岁的司机，并没收了乳酪和卡车。