Srilanka, July 4 -- A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear.

Polavee Buchakiat, director of the Wildlife Crime Intelligence Centre, said officials received intelligence on Tuesday that a Sri Lankan suspect, identified only as Sheehan, arrived in Bangkok on Thai Airways flight TG308 at 12.06am.Sri Lankan tea

Background checks showed that Mr Seehan had a record of trafficking various wildlife species, including wolves, meerkats, black cockatoos, sugar gliders, porcupines, ball pythons, iguanas, frogs, salamanders, and turtles. He had previously been arrested on wildlife charges in Colombo in 2024, Mr Polavee ...