Area residents may have to find another source for removing unwanted wrinkles after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a shipment of collagen at Washington Dulles International Airport.
When officers searched the bags of a woman who arrived on a 10 a.m. Korean Airlines flight Thursday, they discovered 59 hypodermic needles and a jar containing about 10 fluid ounces of collagen, a CBP spokesman said Friday.
The woman told the officers she intended to disperse the animal protein for cosmetic purposes, the spokesman said.
“CBP officers and agriculture specialists at Dulles have seized some rather interesting items over the years, but I think this collagen is a first for many of us,” said Christopher Hess, the agency’s director for the Port of Washington.
Officials determined the woman didn’t have the paperwork necessary to enter the country and she returned to Korea.
