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Russian arrested smuggling drugged orangutan in Indonesia

Mr. Marbawa said on Sunday that customs officers also found allergy pills, two geckos and five lizards in the man’s suitcase. All animals were alive.

March 24, 2019 12:42 pm | Updated 01:21 pm IST - DENPASAR (Indonesia):

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A two-year old male orangutan, which a Russian citizen attempted to smuggle out of Indonesia, looks out of a cage after being confiscated, at the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) office in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, March 23, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

A two-year old male orangutan, which a Russian citizen attempted to smuggle out of Indonesia, looks out of a cage after being confiscated, at the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) office in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, March 23, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Authorities say they have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Indonesia’s resort island of Bali.

Ketut Catur Marbawa from Bali province’s conservation agency says 27-year-old Andrei Zhestkov was captured late Friday at the airport after an X-ray found the 2-year-old male orangutan in a rattan basket inside his luggage.

Mr. Marbawa said on Sunday that customs officers also found allergy pills, two geckos and five lizards in the man’s suitcase. All the animals were alive.

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