Officials at Cairo’s international airport confiscated 420 pounds of frozen cow brains Friday from three Sudanese travelers who planned to sell them to Egyptian restaurants, authorities said.

An airport official said it was the fourth time this week that customs officers there had foiled an attempt to smuggle cow brains into the country, reflecting the growth of a moneymaking scheme made possible by some realities of international supply and demand: Cow brains are cheap in Sudan, and Egyptians like to eat them.

A pound of raw cow brains bought in Sudan for less than a dollar can be resold in Egypt for six times as much, airport officials said. That means Friday’s haul could have earned the men more than $1,500.

Restaurants specializing in liver and brains are popular in Egypt. Both items are deep fried and often eaten in pita bread with spicy red sauce.

Airport officials discovered the brains Friday while inspecting large freezer boxes brought in by three travelers on a flight from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. After inspecting the boxes, the officials confiscated the brains since they couldn’t ensure they had been preserved in a sanitary manner.

The brains would be burned, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity under airport rules.

Source: MSNBC.

Amateur video courtesy: Remy Hespel

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My Two Cents: So the Nanny Stater is pissed because R-Truth smoked in front of children. Don’t all smokers at some point eventually smoke in front of kids? Or are kids completely unaware that this thing called smoking even exists. Fuck this nanny ninny. It’s wrestling dude. It’s a storyline. The whole issue of health came up during the segment and the smoking was a play off of that. Besides, the issue of his unhealthy lifestyle was instrumental in turning him “heel” (or making him a bad guy). Anti-smoking activists hate tobacco because all they can seem to smoke is cock. End Two Cents.

*Taken from Wrestling  News World.

TMZ is reporting that anti-smoking activist Patrick Reynolds (who is ironically the grandson of R.J. Reynolds who founded the second-largest tobacco company in the United States) is demanding an apology from R-Truth for his segment on last night’sWWE Raw where he lit up a cigarette on-camera.

Reynolds, the Executive Director of TobaccoFree.org, told TMZ, “For him to smoke in front of [children] is irresponsible. At best, it’s thoughtless, and at worst, if he calculated appealing to kids by posing as a bad-boy outlaw, it’s evil.”

He even noted he’d coach R-Truth if he wanted to quit. WWE responded to Reynolds with this statement:

“The negative effect smoking has on one’s health and physical performance was a part of a storyline on last night’s Monday Night Raw. Negative depictions of tobacco use on television are not unusual and can be seen on other TV-PG shows.”

As I noted in today’s Ask WNW, I am surprised at the outrage from the stunt.