‘Virtual zoo’ in airport suitcase

AUTHORITIES at Thailand’s international airport arrested a first-class passenger whose suitcases were filled with baby leopards, panthers, a bear and monkeys. The animals had been drugged and were headed for Dubai.

The man, a 36-year-old United Arab Emirates citizen, was waiting to check-in for his flight when he was apprehended by undercover anti-trafficking officers, who had been monitoring him since his black-market purchase of the rare and endangered animals.