Bangkok, May 15, 2025 (AFP) - Thai man arrested for smuggling baby orangutans

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2025-05-15
Thai police have arrested a man suspected of smuggling two baby orangutans into the kingdom, they said Thursday, in a case linked to an international wildlife trafficking network. The 47-year-old suspect was detained on Wednesday evening at a petrol station in a residential district of Bangkok while preparing to hand over the animals to a customer, police said in a statement. Two infant orangutans -- one about a year old, the other just one month......
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