Two Indian women were arrested at the Bangkok Airport while smuggling live animal through their Suvarnabhumi Airport to Chenai, India.
According to the source from the Bangkok (CNN), the two women were arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport and accused of smuggling 109 live animals through their airport after the live animals were found in their luggage.
Thai officials of the Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said, on Monday the wild animals were discovered in two suitcases following an x-ray inspection. Wildlife officials called to the scene discovered two white porcupines, two armadillos, 35 turtles, 50 lizards and 20 snakes in the two pieces of luggage.
The two women identified as Nithya Raja, 38, and Zakia Sulthana Ebrahim, 24, were due to board a flight to the Indian city of Chennai when the such wildlife were found in their suitcases. The women have reportedly been charged with violating the Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act of 2019, the Animal Disease Act of 2015 and the Customs Act of 2017.
Animal trafficking via airports has long been an issue in the region. In 2019, a man arriving in Chennai, India, from Bangkok was reportedly detained at the airport after customs officers found a month-old leopard cub in his luggage.
A March 2022 report by TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring agency, said that more than 70,000 native and exotic wild animals including their body parts or derivatives were discovered in 140 seizures at 18 Indian airports between 2011 and 2020.
Source: CNN
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