The authorities then interrogated café owner Chern Min, 31, and she admitted to buying the cub from Bangkok for 250,000 baht.
She led the authorities to her room inside a hotel behind the café but failed to provide a permit for keeping and raising the cub.
The officials then seized the young animal and took it to the wildlife sanctuary.
The Chinese woman, meanwhile, was charged with violating the wildlife protection act by having a wild animal in possession without a permit.
