Tiger cub found smuggled in woman’s luggage

AUTHORITIES at Bangkok’s international airport found a baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in the suitcase of a woman flying from Thailand to Iran, an official and a wildlife protection group said yesterday.

The woman, a Thainational, had checked in for her flight and her oversized bag was sent for an X-ray which showed what appeared to be a live animal inside, according toTRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring group.

The woman was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport before boarding her flight.