A Taiwanese man is in serious trouble after authorities at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand caught him trying to smuggle two otters and a prairie dog in his boxer shorts. Per Newsflare, the 22-year-old man was caught when a bulge beneath his waist started to wriggle about. Uh oh!
The man taped the animals to his body.
The smuggler was traveling from Bangkok to Taipei on Thai Airways flight 632 on December 5. However, before he headed to the airport, he bought the animals in question from a market in the city and put them in his pants.
He tried to make his way through the international outbound zone 2 passenger security checkpoint, but his “unusually large package” drew suspicion from guards, especially when it started moving.
An X-ray machine showed what was really going on.
Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
The man was stopped for full body x-ray scans, at which point the live animals taped to his body were shown clearly.
Authorities decided to do a strip search which revealed two Asian small-clawed otters and a prairie dog inside a pair of black socks.
The man was immediately taken into custody at around 9:05 a.m. and didn’t board his flight, per Phakkapong Phathong, the airport’s Animal Quarantine Chief.
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Thailand takes smuggling of any kind very seriously.
Customs Department spokesperson Phanthong Loykulnant said that anyone caught smuggling animals at the airport would be caught and punished to the full extent of the law.
“Thailand is not a gateway to smuggle exotic animals out of the country. We will catch anyone who tries to take animals on planes,” a statement read.
The man was charged with violating Thailand’s Customs Act, Animal Epidemics Act, and Animal Conservation and Protection Act. Meanwhile, the animals were unharmed and were given to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation and treated by the Wildlife Conservation Office.
