World famous chef held at LAX with 40 frozen piranhas in the bag

Chef Virgilio Martinez may want to leave his predatory fish at home next time.

The world-famous Peruvian chef, who was featured in Netflix & # 39; s Chef & # 39; s Table & # 39; series, landed at Los Angeles International Airport last week with 40 vacuum

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Martinez told the Los Angeles Times that he was hoping to serve the fish, known for his sharp teeth and threatening appearance at the LA food festival.

"I was extremely obsessed with bringing piranhas because we serve piranhas in the Amazon at Central, so I said," Guys, why not take a risk of bringing piranhas to LA? & # 39; & # 39; Martinez said at times, referring to his restaurant Central, Lima, Peru.

But his risky movement made him stop by customs agents at the airport.

Chef Virgilio Martinez, who was featured in Netflix's "Chef's Table" series, landed at Los Angeles International Airport last week with 40 vacuum sealed, frozen piranhas in his duffel bag.

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Martinez said one of the customs authorities asked him what was inside his bag of fish and asked for a cook to make a dry joke.

"Bones. Meat," said Martinez, telling the times.

After asking, Martinez said customs administrators took him into a private interrogation asking him more about what he was going to do with the piranhas.

Customs confirmed to Fox News that the stop was only part of a routine procedure when exotic animals were discovered in the passenger's luggage.

"I took my [Central cookbook] and said," Look, this is what I want to do with the piranhas. "And he finally said," Oh, wow, go ahead, "Martinez said at times.

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After five hours of query Martinez could go with his bag full of fish, that he used on a salad that night.