Caught with a monkey in his pants

Wildlife smuggler flying from Bangkok to Dubai caught with monkey in his underpants when boarding plane in India. Tarantula spiders & cats smuggled too.

Photo above of a Slender Loris, hunted for its use as an aphrodisiac, asthma cure and as a kind of living voodoo doll, the tiny primate known as the Slender Loris has long faced a battle just to survive (Source: Wikipedia).

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Traveller caught in India with monkey in pants: report

10/09/2012
AFP News agency, Agence France-Presse

Customs authorities in India have arrested a man who was attempting to board a flight at New Delhi's international airport with a monkey in his underwear, a report said on Monday.

The man, who was detained along with two other travellers, had arrived from Bangkok and was about to take a connecting flight to Dubai on Jet Airways, the Press Trust of India reported.

"Personnel at the airport found the seven-inch (17-centimetre) loris, a type of monkey native to India and southeast Asia, "in one of the passengers' underwear during the security check," PTI said.

Another loris was discovered in a dustbin at the Indira Gandhi International airport.

"They had abandoned him as they were unable to carry him," a senior security official told the news agency.

The passengers, named as Hamad Al-Dhaheri, Mohammed Al-Shamsi and Rashid Al-Shamsi, were handed over to Wildlife and Customs Department for further questioning and were later arrested by customs police.

Authorities were trying to determine the exact origin of the monkeys.

Customs officials recently caught an Indian man at Mumbai's main airport with 10 turtles in his underwear, which he was trying to smuggle into the city from Bangkok, the Hindustan Times reported last week.

They also seized six Persian cats, three poisonous tarantula spiders and 11 birds eggs from the man and his two accomplices, the report said.

The newspaper quoted a customs official saying the men were fined and sent back to Bangkok with the protected species and eggs they were trying to smuggle.

(Source: Bangkok Post, Asia, Traveller caught in India with monkey in pants: report, 10/09/2012, AFP News agency, Agence France-Presse, link) 


Wildlife Smuggling Vocabulary

wildlife - animals, birds and plants that live in natural conditions (See Wikipedia)

smuggle - to carry or transport illegal things from one place to another place (especially across the borders of countries) ลักลอบนำเข้า (See Wikipedia)
wildlife smuggling - (See Wikipedia and illegal wildlife trade)

underwear - extra clothing worn under clothes ชุดชั้นใน
with a monkey in his underwear

underpants - กางเกงชั้นใน
undershirt - เสื้อชั้นใน

traffic - to buy and sell illegal things such as drugs, weapons or wildlife
wildlife trafficking - Same as "wildlife trafficking"

Loris - a type of primate or "monkey" that lives at night (nocturnal) found in tropical and woodland forests of India, Sri Lanka, and other parts in Southeast Asia. moves slowly and cautiously, some eat only insects others eat fruits, leaves and  bannana slugs too, mothers leave their young infants behind in nests. licking their young and leaving a mild poison that discourages most predators (See Wikipedia and WikiSpecies)
Slender Loris

primate - the large group of animals that contains monkeys, apes and humans (See Wikipedia)

aphrodisiac - a food or drug that makes people want to have sex (See Wikipedia)

asthma - a medical condition that makes it difficult to breathe โรคหอบหืด (See Wikipedia)
cure - to make a sick person healthy again
asthma cure

voodoo - a religion from Haiti (also practiced in Louisiana in the US) that includes a lot of witchcraft and magic (See Wikipedia)
voodoo doll - a doll of your enemy that you stick pins in to hurt (See Wikipedia and WikiHow to make one)

known as ... - named ... , called .... , people know the person as ... , people call the person ...

survive - to continue to live มีชีวิตรอด
long faced a battle just to survive

Hunted for centuries for its purported qualities as an aphrodisiac, asthma cure and as a kind of living voodoo doll, the tiny primate known as the Slender Loris has long faced a battle just to survive.

authorities - government officials; police or people in official organisations who have the legal power to make people obey laws or rules เจ้าหน้าที่ (ตำรวจ หรือผู้มีอำนาจ)

customs - the government agency that checks goods coming into the country and collects taxes (tariffs, duties) on them ด่านศุลกากร (See Wikipedia)
customs authorities
customs officials

board - to get onto a ship, aircraft, train, or bus ขึ้น(เรือ รถเมล์ รถไฟ เครื่องบิน)
flight - when an airplane flies from one place to another carrying passengers
board a flight - get onto the airplane before the flight begins
connecting flight - when you have to change airplanes at an airport (and fly on another plane to your final destination)

Customs authorities in India have arrested a man who was attempting to board a flight at New Delhi's international airport with a monkey in his underwear, a report said on Monday.

detained - kept in a jail; not allowed to leave or go free and go where you want 

The man, who was detained along with two other travellers, had arrived from Bangkok and was about to take a connecting flight to Dubai on Jet Airways, the Press Trust of India reported.

personnel - the people who work at a company or organization

native - someone who was born in a particular place ชาวพื้นเมือง
a type of monkey native to India and southeast Asia

security - the activity of making safe or protecting from harm
security check - checking people who enter a building for guns, weapons or bombs
security official - a person in charge of security for an organization or police or military 

dustbin - a garbage can, a container for putting garbage in

"Personnel at the airport found the seven-inch (17-centimetre) loris, a type of monkey native to India and southeast Asia, "in one of the passengers' underwear during the security check," PTI said.

abandoned - left by someone someplace by someone who is supposed to look after you ที่ถูกละทิ้ง ถูกปล่อยทิ้งไว้
unable to carry him they abandoned him  

Another loris was discovered in a dustbin at the Indira Gandhi International airport. "They had abandoned him as they were unable to carry him," a senior security official told the news agency.

handed over to - given to
questioning - when the police ask people (suspects, witnesses) questions in order to solve a crime

customs - the place at a port, airport or border where travellers' bags are looked at to find out if any goods are being carried illegally ด่านศุลกากร
arrested by customs police

The passengers, named as Hamad Al-Dhaheri, Mohammed Al-Shamsi and Rashid Al-Shamsi, were handed over to Wildlife and Customs Department for further questioning and were later arrested by customs police.

determine - to officially find out or decide something ตัดสินใจ ชี้ขาด decide what will happen กำหนด
determine the exact origin of the monkeys

Authorities were trying to determine the exact origin of the monkeys. Customs officials recently caught an Indian man at Mumbai's main airport with 10 turtles in his underwear, which he was trying to smuggle into the city from Bangkok, the Hindustan Times reported last week.

persian cat - a very furry kind of cat (See Wikipedia)
tarantula spider - a big furry kind of spider (See Wikipedia)
accomplices - criminals who work together in planning and doing a crime

They also seized six Persian cats, three poisonous tarantula spiders and 11 birds eggs from the man and his two accomplices, the report said.

species - a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other พันธ์,จำพวก
protected species - a kind of animal that the government protects because there are very few left

The newspaper quoted a customs official saying the men were fined and sent back to Bangkok with the protected species and eggs they were trying to smuggle.