SYDNEY: Former NBA player Lamar Patterson had his French bulldog seized by notoriously strict Australian customs officials who found the animal stashed inside the athlete’s hand luggage.

Patterson, who recently signed for the Brisbane Bullets, had the pooch—called Kobe—in his carry-on when he arrived in Australia on Thursday.

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