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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002470427,00.html

Smuggler's apes in pants

A SMUGGLER is facing up to a year’s jail after hiding two MONKEYS in his underpants on a 17-hour flight.

Robert Cusack, 45, flew 8,200 miles from Thailand to Los Angeles with the rare 10ins pygmy monkeys next to his crotch.

Officials searched him after they opened his case and a tropical bird flew out.

He had three more birds inside — two dead.

Cusack, of Palm Springs, admitted smuggling endangered species.

The monkeys are now in LA’s zoo. Prosecutor Joseph Johns told a court in California: “The little critters were in surprisingly good condition.”

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