CHANTILLY, Va. -- The luck of the Irish wasn't on the side of some travelers who tried bringing a bit of Ireland stateside last week.
Federal agents at Dulles International Airport seized shamrock seeds from travelers arriving from Ireland -- just days before St. Patrick's Day.
The agents targeted the Aer Lingus flight on Thursday and had been searching for passengers carrying prohibited meat, said Customs and Border Patrol spokesman Stephen Sapp.
He said 16 packets of shamrock seeds were found among some pork and beef. A permit is needed to import the seeds.
Both the meat and shamrock seeds were destroyed.
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