A two-year old male orangutan, which a Russian citizen attempted to smuggle out of Indonesia, looks out of a cage after being confiscated, at the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) office in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, March 23, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
Mr. Marbawa said on Sunday that customs officers also found allergy pills, two geckos and five lizards in the man’s suitcase. All animals were alive.
Authorities say they have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Indonesia’s resort island of Bali.
Ketut Catur Marbawa from Bali province’s conservation agency says 27-year-old Andrei Zhestkov was captured late Friday at the airport after an X-ray found the 2-year-old male orangutan in a rattan basket inside his luggage.
Mr. Marbawa said on Sunday that customs officers also found allergy pills, two geckos and five lizards in the man’s suitcase. All the animals were alive.
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