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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent

Red panda found in luggage of smuggling suspects at Thailand airport

A red panda in a basket
Red panda found at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport. Photograph: Thailand Customs Department/AFP/Getty Images

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.

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