Man Tries to Smuggle Monkeys in Pants

October 27, 2005 - 3:03pm

(Los Angeles, CA) -- An Orange County, California has pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle monkeys in his pants.

The "Los Angeles Times" reports that when Robert John Cusack arrived from Indonesia last June, LAX authorities found 50 orchids in his luggage after four rare birds flew out.

When inspectors asked him if he had anything else to hide, he said there were monkeys in his pants. Sure enough, a search revealed a pair of endangered pigmy primates.

The monkeys are now thriving at the LA Zoo, but the birds are dead.

His attorney said Cusack bought the animals on the black market in an attempt to rescue them.

(Los Angeles, CA) -- An Orange County, California has pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle monkeys in his pants.

The "Los Angeles Times" reports that when Robert John Cusack arrived from Indonesia last June, LAX authorities found 50 orchids in his luggage after four rare birds flew out.

When inspectors asked him if he had anything else to hide, he said there were monkeys in his pants. Sure enough, a search revealed a pair of endangered pigmy primates.

The monkeys are now thriving at the LA Zoo, but the birds are dead.

His attorney said Cusack bought the animals on the black market in an attempt to rescue them.

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