Foiled: Officials with Zhestkov (centre) and the rattan basket used to smuggle the orangutan at the airport in Denpasar, Bali. — AFP
Denpasar: A Russian tourist attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Indonesia in his luggage to bring home and keep as a pet has been arrested in Bali, police said.
Andrei Zhestkov was detained in Denpasar airport late on Friday while passing through a security screening before a planned flight back to Russia.
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