BATTY FIND: Airport Customs Dogs Bust Chinese Tourist Smuggling Smoked Bats In Suitcase

Photo shows smoked bats, smoked pork knuckles, and smoked pork belly, confiscated by officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. A tourist from Kunming, China, was caught by sniffer dogs trying to smuggle animal carcasses into Thailand. Note: Photo is from The Director General of the Department of Livestock Development (Department of Livestock Development/Newsflash) Photo shows smoked bats, smoked pork knuckles, and smoked pork belly, confiscated by officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. A tourist from Kunming, China, was caught by sniffer dogs trying to smuggle animal carcasses into Thailand. Note: Photo is from The Director General of the Department of Livestock Development (Department of Livestock Development/Newsflash)
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10 November 2022
A Chinese tourist has been busted smuggling smoked bats in a suitcase thanks to the acute sense of smell of airport customs dogs in Thailand. The unnamed tourist, who is reportedly from Kunming, a city in south-western China's Yunnan Province, was busted trying to smuggle the bats through Bangkok’s...