A famous leader carrying 40 piranhas claims to have been arrested at the Los Angeles Airport

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By Associated press

LOS ANGELES – A famous South American chef said that he had been arrested while he was bringing 40 piranhas into a gym bag by the Los Angeles International Airport.

Virgilio Martinez, chef at the Central restaurant in Peru, told The Los Angeles Times that he hoped to serve the sharp-toothed predatory fish at a gourmet festival in LA.

Martinez was featured in the third season of the Netflix Show "Chef's Table".

He added that customs officers took him to an interrogation room last week after discovering the cache of frozen and vacuum-sealed piranhas.

A famous South American chef was arrested while he was bringing 40 ice-cold piranhas into a gym bag by the Los Angeles International Airport.Raul Gallego Abellan / AP file

After five hours, the agents let Martinez pass with the fish. He used them that night on a salad. The newspaper says that the next night, he dried the skins of piranha and served them inside the piranha heads.

Piranhas are common in South American rivers.

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