Iguana meat seized on Mexican border

US CUSTOMS agents have seized 159 pounds of iguana meat at the Mexican border, hidden in coolers of fish.

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Jun 2011, 16:35 BST

Updated 18th Jun 2011, 01:29 BST

The meat, worth an estimated $4,500 (2,785), was in a vehicle being driven across the border by a 37-year-old man, a customs and border protection spokeswoman said.