Endangered gibbon found in checked bag at Mumbai airport

Indian customs officers arrested a passenger after discovering two endangered gibbons stuffed inside a checked bag, the latest animals seized from smugglers at Mumbai's airport on Thursday.

Customs said the passenger, who had travelled from Malaysia via Thailand, was given the rare apes by a wildlife trafficking "syndicate" for delivery in India. Just a week earlier, customs officials said they had arrested another smuggler carrying snakes, tortoises and a raccoon.