In this photo dated October 11, 2018, Hardy, CBP detective KP-9, was seen on a roasted pig's head at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.(Photo: AP)

ATLANTA (AP) – A passenger from Ecuador was released from the remains when an intrepid beagle discovered a piggy head grilled in a luggage in the busiest airport in the world.

US Customs and Border Protection have announced that the farm detector dog named Hardy had been alerted of baggage at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on October 11. CBP agricultural experts then discovered a 2-pound cooked pork head, which was seized and destroyed.

The agency said that pork and pork products from other continents are not allowed in the United States to prevent the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease, plague classical swine and other animal diseases.

CBP's Port Manager, Carey Davis, praised Hardy's work for "the tremendous expertise of our four-legged K-9 partners in protecting the United States."

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