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Two Charged with Smuggling Deactivated Monkeypox Vials on Detroit Flight

6/4/2026

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Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe were charged with conspiracy to smuggle deactivated monkeypox virus after 113 vials were found on their Jan 25 flight to Detroit.
Customs and Border Protection and FBI tested 20 vials and confirmed 17 contained the virus.
Both face up to five years in prison and will appear in Missoula on June 3 before transfer to Detroit.

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Story summary

Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe were charged with conspiracy to smuggle deactivated monkeypox virus after 113 vials were found on their Jan 25 flight to Detroit.
Customs and Border Protection and FBI tested 20 vials and confirmed 17 contained the virus.
Both face up to five years in prison and will appear in Missoula on June 3 before transfer to Detroit.