"They were for eating" claimed the 22 year old detainee that was caught trying to smuggle 207 pounds of caterpillars. This guy was from Barkina Faso, where accordingly this is a delicacy.

He was allowed to carry this eerie stuff from a port in Burkina Faso, and also from a port in Istanbul, Turkey. Unlike these two countries, england has safety regulations, for purposes of keeping the public safe, items of animal origin cannot be imported without a special permit. The 207 pounds of caterpillar meat were taken, and incinerated.

Caterpillars found incinerated eaten