Woman smuggles monkey

A Washington woman successfully managed to smuggle a monkey hidden under her blouse out of Thailand only to be caught on arrival in the United States.
CNN reports that Gypsy Lawson 28, aided by her mother Fran Ogren, 56, was carrying a sedated rhesus monkey and pretending to be pregnant. Authorities in Los Angeles, California, rescued the monkey from under Lawson’s loose fitting blouse and convicted the two on smuggling charges.

Rhesus Macaque monkeys, native to Asia, are most commonly used in medical research.
Though cute they do not make for desirable pets as they grow to become quite aggressive animals and are known to carry disease and virus harmful to human beings. This Rhesus Macaque monkey in question has since been placed into a center for abandoned primates.