Customs Officials seize cow brains at Cairo airport

Officials at Cairo’s international airport today confiscated 420lb (190kg) of frozen cow brains from three Sudanese travellers 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.