15 rare giant land snails seized from a Nigerian woman in Houston airport

We eat snails in Nigeria! 

They are not contraband in the country!! 

Fifteen live giant land snails that can grow as large as a person's fist and cause a rare form of meningitis in humans have been captured at a Houston airport, officials said. The snails, which were inside three zip-locked plastic bags, along with a quarter-pound of beef and fresh leaves, were seized at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. 

They were turned over to US Customs and Border Protection, which announced the forfeiture on Tuesday. They were seized from the luggage of a Nigerian woman, who initially said that she only had dried beef, but later added that she also had the snails. 

The snails were eventually handed over to the US Department of Agriculture, which identified the snails, also known as Banana Rasp Snails. 

The snails, 0.25 pounds of dried beef and fresh leaves were seized at George Bush Intercontinental Airport

Do you eat snails too?