Man caught for carrying rare animals in Bangkok

Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases. Undercover officers from the Thai Nature Crime Police had been monitoring the suspect from his illegal purchase to the moment he stepped into Bangkok's Suvarnabuhmi Airport where he was observed receiving several suitcases from another suspect packed with the animals, all of which were all still alive. Noor Mahmoodr, a 36-year-old male from UAE was then apprehended by police and taken into custody at Rajatheva Police Station, while veterinarians took immediate care of the animals, which included two leopards, two panthers, an Asiatic black bear, and two macaque monkeys.