Red panda found in luggage of smuggling suspects at Thailand airport

Customs officers in Bangkok arrest six after finding 87 animals, including monitor lizards, birds, a monkey and snakes inside their checked luggage

Thai customs officials have arrested six Indian nationals for attempting to smuggle dozens of wild animals, including a red panda and cotton-top tamarin monkey, out of the country.

Officers found 87 animals, including monitor lizards, birds and snakes, packaged inside the suspects’ checked luggage at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport. They were trying to fly to Mumbai.