Prosecutor says alleged smuggling of fungus has been described as ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’

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June 17, 2025Updated:June 17, 2025
After deboarding his international flight in Detroit in July 2024, a Chinese molecular biologist headed to the U.S. Customs area.
There, officers discovered something strange in Liu Zunyong’s bags—a wad of crumpled-up tissue in a small pocket of his backpack, according to a federal criminal complaint.