Smuggled critters cause chaos on Bangkok-Taipei flight

October 5, 2023

Suvarnabhumi baggage-screening staffer suspended for failing to search bag flagged as suspicious

PUBLISHED : 5 Oct 2023 at 22:07

Burmese star tortoises are among the wild animals found on a Thai Vietjet Air flight from Suvarnabhumi airport to Taipei on Wednesday. (Photo supplied)

A baggage-screening worker at Suvarnabhumi airport has been suspended for failing to search a bag that turned out to be filled with smuggled animals, some of which got loose…