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Air Passenger Caught With Drugged Orangutan in His Suitcase

Air Passenger Caught With Drugged Orangutan in His Suitcase
An orangutan found in a suitcase at Ngurah Rai Airport on March 22. BKSDA
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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An airline passenger tried to smuggle an orangutan out of Indonesia in a suitcase, but was caught and arrested as he tried to board his flight.

Indonesian authorities said that they had stopped Russian Andrei Zhestkov, 27, as tried to get through security with a 2-year-old orangutan drugged on allergy tablets.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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