Thai man arrested for smuggling baby orangutans

Thai police rescue 2 baby orangutans and arrest a trafficking suspect

Two baby orangutans have been rescued from being sold in Thailand's capital Bangkok and a suspected trafficker arrested, police said. The orangutans were seized Wednesday night and the alleged courier for the seller was arrested at a gas station, police said. The suspect was charged with illegal pos...

Thai police have arrested a man who smuggled two orangutan cubs, one of which was just a month old, into a Bangkok gas station, in what they suspect is yet another case of illegal animal trafficking.

Baby orangutans rescued from smuggler in Thailand

A man suspected of trafficking two infant orangutans has been arrested in Thailand, according to local authorities. Police conducted the raid as the suspect was about to hand over the infant primates to a customer at a Bangkok gas station.

Thai man arrested for smuggling baby orangutans, worth RM38,000 each

BANGKOK, May 15 — Thai police have arrested a man suspected of smuggling two baby orangutans into the kingdom, they said today, in a case linked to an international wildlife trafficking network. The 47-year-old suspect was detained yesterday 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 ju…

Thailand cops arrest man for smuggling 'critically endangered' baby orangutans

The orangutans, named Christopher and Stefan, were handed over to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation for health checks and care t

Thai man arrested for smuggling baby orang utans

Thai police said the apes were believed to have been sold for around 300,000 baht each (S$11,679). Read more at straitstimes.com.