The AIU of the Customs Department caught a smuggler of exotic-animals at the international-airport in the city. "On Sunday-morning, AIU-officers noticed that one-passenger was moving in a suspicious manner in the arrival area. He was intercepted at the exit-gate. The passenger was identified as Mohamed Mohideen, 28, from Chennai, who had arrived from Bangkok by Thai-Airways-flight TG337," said the Customs Department in a statement.