India, June 25 -- The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has denied viral reports claiming that a Norwegian tourist was denied entry to the United States over a JD Vance meme found on his phone. In a post shared on the social media platform X, the US agency revealed the real reason behind Mads Mikkelsen's detainment.

Mads Mikkelsen, a 21-year-old Norwegian tourist, told Norwegian news outlet Nordlys that he landed at Newark Airport in New Jersey on June 11. He claimed that he was detained and put in a cell and authorities eventually searched his phone, where they found two images, one featuring US Vice President JD Vance, that became the reason for the trouble.

"They threatened me with a minimum fine of $5,000 or five years in priso...