Source: Overseas Network
Animals found in the luggage of two Indian women. (Source: Ministry of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Protection, Thailand)
According to the CnN (CNN) and Thailand's "Bangkok Post" reported on the 28th, Thai officials recently said that two Indian women were arrested at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport on suspicion of smuggling wild animals, and customs officials found 109 live animals in their luggage.
Thailand's Ministry of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Protection said on the 27th that after X-ray inspection of the luggage of the two people, airport staff found a large number of wild animals, including two porcupines, two armadillos, 35 sea turtles, 50 lizards and 20 snakes.
The inside of the luggage under X-ray. (Source: Ministry of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Protection, Thailand)
Thai officials said the suitcases belonged to two women who were originally going to fly to the Indian city of Chennai. The two have been charged with violating Thailand's Wildlife Protection Law, Customs Law and other laws.
In 2019, customs officers found a one-month-old leopard cub in the luggage of a man flying from Bangkok to Chennai, India, and the man was subsequently detained. (Overseas Network/Zhang Ni Intern Editor/He Siqi)