Russian tourist arrested smuggling Indonesian orangutan out of Bali

Authorities say they have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Bali.

The two year old orangutan which was drugged and placed in a small basket. Source: DENPASAR QUARANTINE AGENCY

Indonesian authorities have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the resort island of Bali.

Andrei Zhestkov, 27, was arrested late on Friday at Bali's international airport after customs officers found a two-year-old male orangutan sleeping in a rattan basket placed in his luggage, said Ketut Catur Marbawa, an official with Bali's conservation agency.

The Russian national with authorities. Source: DENPASAR QUARANTINE AGENCY

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