Antara Foto Agency/Reuters This two-year-old orangutan, pictured on Saturday, was found sedated in a Russian tourist's suitcase at the Bali airport, Indonesian authorities said. A Russian tourist has been arrested in Indonesia after airport security discovered a drugged orangutan in his suitcase, local officials said Saturday. Andrei Zhestkov, 27, told authorities that a friend had given him the 2-year-old animal as a gift. The friend had purchased the orangutan for about $3,000 at a Javanese market, Zhestkov claimed. The tourist said he’d intended on bringing the orangutan back with him to Russia to keep as a pet.

Source: Huffington Post March 24, 2019 12:33 UTC