Indian man caught with 200kg of animal parts at Suvarnabhumi airport

[webfact]

An Indian national was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport on Tuesday morning for attempting to smuggle about 200kg of animal parts into Thailand.

 

The man, whose name was withheld, arrived from India with six heavy items of luggage, arousing the suspicion of customs and livestock officials who asked to search the bags.

 

They found cow hides, weighing about 60kg, and 140kg of pig’s canine teeth in the luggage.

 

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[NanLaew]

Dammit! How am I gonna get a fix for my pig's canine tooth addiction now?

[Pique Dard]

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

They found cow hides, weighing about 60kg, and 140kg of pig’s canine teeth in the luggage.

cowhides?  well, maybe he's a cobbler. but what do you do with pig's canine teeth? sell them to dentists?

[Tarteso]

Indians ????

[Stocky]

Don't they use pig tusks as faux ivory?

[kidneyw]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

An Indian national was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport on Tuesday morning for attempting to smuggle about 200kg of animal parts into Thailand.

I could see the possibility of smuggling 1 kilo, but it takes a special kind of stupid to try 200 kilos.

[thenewgoo]

What airline is offering 200 kg of unchecked checked-in baggage? 

[ignore it]

Darn it!

Now I have to reorder.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

They found cow hides, weighing about 60kg, and 140kg of pig’s canine teeth in the luggage

Amazing they got through Indian X-ray on departure?

[Stocky]

9 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Amazing they got through Indian X-ray on departure?

I think they got past, not through X-ray. 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Given the number of pigs 'passing away' daily in Thailand there should be an abundance of porcine canine teeth available on the domestic market.

[Enoon]

3 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Given the number of pigs 'passing away' daily in Thailand there should be an abundance of porcine canine teeth available on the domestic market.

 

I suspect the "pigs canines" are more likely boar tusks.