“A chicken and salad sandwich tasted good to me 1844 dollarsi”: it was to tell this absurd story Jessica Lee, 19 years. Who posted a video on TikTok to talk about his mishap. The young woman was fined at the airport Australia because he hasn’t explained that he has food – actually a sandwich – in violation of Australia’s Biosecurity Act, a law that bans the importation of food from abroad to prevent parasites and diseases from entering and such to protect natural ecosystems from any threat.
The violation of the law cost the 19-year-old a lot of money: a fine of 3,000 Australian dollars, almost 1,844 dollars. The girl was returning from a holiday in Greece and stopped over in Singapore after a long flight and 24-hour jet lag. She shopped there hungry a subway sandwich with chicken and salad. “I didn’t have time to finish it, so I asked the airline staff if I could take it on board and they said yes,” he told his followers. Explaining that she couldn’t finish it on the fly. Then she put it in a bag and forgot about it. During the controls, the dramatic discovery: the agents reported that they had undeclared food with them.
After receiving the fine, Jessika vented: “When I heard the amount, I started to cry“I told my story on TikTok so it wouldn’t happen to anyone.” The video went viral, even making it to Subway on sandwiches and a box of gadgets and gifts.
