The Thai national was trying to board a flight to Iran but had difficulty with a large bag at check-in.
X-rays aroused suspicions among airport staff who believed they had seen an image resembling a real animal.
Wildlife officers were then called in and discovered the tranquilised cub.
Chris Shepherd, South-East Asia deputy regional director for Traffic, said: "We applaud all the agencies that came together to uncover this brazen smuggling attempt."
But he also called for regular monitoring and harsher penalties.
"If people are trying to smuggle live tigers in their check-in luggage, they obviously think wildlife smuggling is something easy to get away with and do not fear reprimand," he said.
"Only sustained pressure on wildlife traffickers and serious penalties can change that."
Comment: It is really amusing to know that there are naive people who believe that they can get away by smuggling a tiger cub among the stuffed toy. If powdery drugs can get detected by authorities what more a living animal? I believe that one commit such crime due to desperation for money. Lesson to be learned in this article is we must always use our brain before acting. Besides, it is wrong to smuggle animals out of the countries.
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