An Egyptian man was deported within moments of arriving in the United States after kicking an airport sniffer dog so hard it flew into the air.
Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie, 70, lashed out at agriculture detector beagle Freddie on Tuesday inside Washington Dulles International Airport, in Virginia.
Marie took a kick at the canine as he waiting at baggage claim as luggage from an EgyptAir flight from Cairo was being unloaded.
He pleaded guilty during a court appearance earlier this week to harming the dog and was ordered to pay vet fees totaling $840, and was removed from the country.
Freddie had alerted his handler to one of Marie’s bags, detecting over 100 pounds of prohibited food items inside Marie’s luggage.
As Freddie’s handler started questioning Marie, he violently kicked the dog with such force that it sent the 25-pound animal into the air.
Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie, 70, lashed out at agriculture detector dog Freddie, seen here, on Tuesday inside Washington Dulles International Airport
Marie, seen here, took a kick at the Beagle as he waiting at baggage claim as luggage from an EgyptAir flight from Cairo was being unloaded
Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers quickly apprehended Marie and turned him over to Homeland Security Officials for prosecution.
Authorities said that Marie departed the US on a flight back to Egypt on Thursday afternoon.
Surveillance images shared by officials show the dog on his hind legs, with another shot showing him suspended in mid air with his ears standing up.
The CBP said that he was taken to a veterinary emergency room and found to have contusions on his right forward rib area.
A search of Marie’s bags found that Freddie had alerted them to 55 pounds of beef meat, 44 pounds of rice, 15 pounds of eggplant, cucumbers and bell peppers, two pounds of corn seeds, and a pound of herbs.
According to the CBP, all of the products Freddie found were prohibited from entering the country and ultimately seized.
Surveillance images shared by officials show the dog on his hind legs, with another shot showing him suspended in mid air with his ears standing up
The CBP said Freddie was taken to a veterinary emergency room and found to have contusions on his right forward rib area
Christine Waugh, CBP’s Area Port Director for the Area Port of Washington, D.C, said: ‘Being caught deliberately smuggling well over one hundred pounds of undeclared and prohibited agriculture products does not give one permission to violently assault a defenseless Customs and Border Protection beagle.
‘We rely heavily on our K9 partners and Freddie was just doing his job. Any malicious attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and CBP will continue to work with our investigating and prosecuting partners to deal swift and severe justice to perpetrators.’
The CBP said: ‘CBP’s Beagles Brigade plays a vital role in screening passengers and cargo to prevent the introduction of harmful plant pests and foreign animal disease from entering the U.S.
‘Animal and plant diseases and invasive pests and weeds have cost nations millions to billions of dollars in eradication measures and lost revenues.’