The rescued animals were deported to Bangkok on Thursday (January 12) under the deportation order issued by the department of animal quarantine and certification services.
Acting on information from the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers, the Kolkata Customs Department intercepted the passenger who was scheduled to depart to Bangkok.
The cocaine was ingeniously concealed in cloth buttons the passenger, identified as Ankit Singh, was carrying while flying from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.