Man arrested after drugged orangutan found in suitcase - Valley News Live

(NBC)- Authorities in Indonesia have arrested a Russian tourist who was trying to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Bali.

Officials say the 27-year-old man was captured at the airport Friday after an x-ray found the two-year-old male orangutan in a basket inside his luggage. Customs Officers also found allergy pills, two geckos and five lizards in the man's suitcase. All the animals were alive.

The man told authorities he deliberately fed the orangutan allergy pills mixed with milk, causing the animal to lose consciousness for up to three hours.

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March 26, 2019 at 10:00AM