Taiwanese man arrested for animal smuggling at Bangkok airport

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Officers from Suvarnabhumi Animal Quarantine at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok arrested a Taiwanese man for animal smuggling yesterday, December 5.

Suvarnabhumi Animal Quarantine chief Phakkapong Phathong said officers received a report of a suspicious Taiwanese man at 9.05am that day. Officers suspected that the 22 year old Taiwanese man was concealing live animals in his clothing when he passed through an X-ray machine at an international departure checkpoint.

The suspect was invited into a separate room for further investigation and officers eventually found three animals hidden in his boxer shorts. The three animals included a Parry dog and two Asian small-clawed otters, which are protected animals in