A SYDNEY man convicted of trying to smuggle cockatoo and lorikeet eggs out of Australia in his underwear has been sentenced to two years in jail.
Keith Lionel Miller was caught at Sydney Airport on November 12 last year with 23 bird eggs hidden under his clothing as he prepared to fly to Zurich in Switzerland.
Customs officers frisked the 51-year-old and discovered the eggs hidden in his underpants.
They contained unhatched Major Mitchell cockatoos, Gang Gang cockatoos, Red Collared lorikeets and Rainbow lorikeet mutations.
Miller, from Lurnea in Sydney's south, pleaded guilty to attempting to export regulated native specimens in contravention of Commonwealth law.
Judge Anthony Blackmore sentenced him in the NSW District Court today to a maximum of two years behind bars.
Miller will serve a minimum of 14 months in jail.
