DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the resort island of Bali, a conservation official said Sunday.
1 / 2In this Saturday, March 23, 2019, photo released by Natural Resources Conservation Agency of Bali , Indonesian officials sit in a room where the belongings of Russian national Andrei Zhestkov, including a rattan basket he allegedly used to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the report island, are kept following his arrest at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia.
Marbawa, whose agency is part of the environment and forestry ministry, said customs officers also found allergy pills wrapped in plastic, two geckos and five lizards in Zhestkov's suitcase. All the animals were alive. He said Zhestkov also told officials he bought the orangutan for $3,000 from a market on Indonesia's main island of Java after being told by a friend that he could bring it home as a pet.
Marbawa did not know whether Zhestkov had a lawyer. He said the Russian mission in Bali had been informed about the case.
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