Mumbai, Feb. 5 -- Customs officers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, booked a passenger in a case of smuggling of wildlife species in the intervening night of February 4 and 5, Customs officials said.

"On the basis of profiling, Customs officers at CSMI Airport, Mumbai, intercepted one passenger arriving from Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai and recovered 5 wildlife species i.e. Siamang Gibbon (Symphalangus Syndactylus) listed in Appendix - 1 of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and Schedule IV of newly amended wildlife (protection) Act, 1972," Customs officials said.

Customs officials said wildlife species i.e. five Siamang Gibbons were ingeniously concealed inside...