Man's suitcase was 'mini zoo'

A FIRST-CLASS passenger whose suitcases were filled with drugged baby leopards, panthers, monkeys and a bear has been arrested at Bangkok's international airport.

The animals were headed for Dubai, and the man, a 36-year-old United Arab Emirates citizen, was waiting to check in for his flight when he was apprehended by undercover anti-trafficking officers.

They had been monitoring him since his black-market purchase of the rare and endangered animals, according to the Thai-based Freedland Foundation.