A New Zealand woman travelling to Australia was fined for entering the country with a chicken sandwich, The New Zealand Herald reported on Tuesday.
June Armstrong, 77, flew from Christchurch in the south island of New Zealand to Brisbane airport in northeastern Australia on May 2, per the report. She was fined NZ$3,300 (US$1,995) for bringing an uneaten sandwich into Australia.
A border patrol staff later advised Armstrong to appeal the fine, per NZH. But when she tried appealing the fine, she only received automatic replies, per the report.
She said Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry only commented on the incident some six months later, after NZH reached out on behalf of Armstrong, per the report.
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