New York police say that Victor Benjamin and Insaf Ali flew from Guyana to the John F. Kennedy International Airport — and tried to smuggle 26 finches in socks and hair curlers so they could put them ...

Kevin Andre McKenzie, 36, attempted to smuggle the birds into the country for singing contests A Guyanese man was arrested for trying to smuggle 35 birds into the country for a singing contest. On ...

“One. Two,” a judge called out softly as the bird on the right erupted into tinkly chirps. It then abruptly stopped as the bird in the cage next to it darted about before bursting into song, only to ...

A man attempting to smuggle a flock of singing finches was caught in customs on Sunday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Francis Gurahoo, 39, was charged with trying to ...

A Connecticut man tried smuggling nearly three dozen live finches from Guyana through JFK Airport so he could sell them for use in high-stakes Big Apple bird-singing competitions, federal officials ...

Every Sunday at dawn, owners gather across Guyana to proudly show and exhibit their birds and face them against each other in whistling competitions. These are Guyana’s speed-singing contests –a ...

In 2018, police said two men flew from Guyana to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and tried to smuggle 26 finches in socks and hair curlers to put them in a bird-singing competition ...

METEN-MEER-ZORG, Guyana -- The judges leaned in, hands clasped behind their backs. Everyone grew quiet as they stared at the two tiny black birds flitting before them, wondering which one would break ...

Two men stuffed 26 finches into hair curlers and their socks and took a flight from Guyana to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, police say. Why? Victor Benjamin, 72, and Insaf Ali, 57 ...