Another Guyanese nabbed with birds at JFK

Kevin Andre McKenzie outside the federal court in Brooklyn. (Photo credit DailyMail.com)

For the third time in a month a Guyanese has been detained at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York after trying to smuggle finches into the United States (US).

Kevin Andre McKenzie, 36, was caught on Monday by US Customs and Border Protection officers with 35 live finches in hair curlers.

Yesterday he appeared in federal court in Brooklyn and was released on a US$25,000 bond