Discovery made after officials x-ray suitcase of Maldives-bound tourist
Twenty-five birds of rare species on an international conservation list were found in a suitcase destined for the Maldives at Suvarnabhumi airport on Tuesday.
The suitcase belonged to a Maldivian tourist who was preparing to board Bangkok Airways Flight PG711 for Male, the capital of the Maldives, said Prasert Sonsatapornkul, director of the wild animals and plants protection division under the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
The birds were detected when the suitcase was x-rayed by suspicious authorities at the wildlife checkpoint…
