UNKNOWN TO FLC THEY CARRIED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AS PART OF CARGO.

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AFTER LNDG IN RIC AND THE ACFT UNLOADED; AN UNSECURED; UNMARKED AND SEALED BOX WAS FOUND AFT OF THE REARMOST CONTAINER POS. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR WAS NOTICED. WE OPENED THE BOX TO FIND AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENG DRIVEN WATER-METHANOL TRANSFER PUMP. THIS IS OF COURSE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL (HAZMAT). NEITHER OF THE FLC WERE PROPERLY OR OTHERWISE NOTIFIED; NOT EVEN FOR WT AND BAL PURPOSES. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THIS HAZMAT; HIDDEN IN A BOX AND SMUGGLED ON THE ACFT BY THE 'SHIPPER;' WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT MEANT TO BE KNOWN BY THE FLC. THIS SHIPPER HAS NO QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE; ACCEPT; INSPECT OR PREPARE HAZMAT FOR SHIPMENT; NOR FILL OUT A PLT NOTIFICATION FORM. THE SHIPPER; IN GENERAL; IS XYZ CORPORATION AND SPECIFICALLY IS THEIR DIRECTOR OF MAINT WHO EVIDENTLY DOES NOT BELIEVE CFR 49 REGS APPLY TO HIM OR XYZ CORPORATION. I NOTIFIED THE MGR OF OPS CTL TO NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR OF OPS AND CHIEF PLT; WHO WAS OUT OF TOWN. AN IRREGULARITY RPT WAS ALSO FILLED OUT (PRIMARY COM TO THE DIRECTOR OF OPS AND CHIEF PLT). I LATER FOUND THAT THEY HAD TRIED TO SHIP THIS HAZMAT 1 DAY EARLIER; WITH ANOTHER FLC. THIS FLC WAS VERBALLY NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO CARRY IT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST DISCREPANCY INVOLVING HAZMAT XYZ HAS SUBJECT ME TO; BUT IT IS THE MOST EXTREME.