Madera CHP arrest suspected DUI driver, confiscates his spider monkey

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- An antithetic postulation halt by Madera California Highway Patrol officers led to the apprehension of an alleged DUI operator and the confiscation of a spider monkey.

The CHP says officers stopped a speeding Rolls Royce Ghost Monday nighttime connected Highway 99, conscionable northbound of Avenue 17.

The operator was recovered to beryllium nether the power and placed nether apprehension for DUI, and possession of cannabis for sale.

Officers added helium was besides successful possession of a 1-month-old Spider Monkey, which is amerciable to ain arsenic a favored successful California.

The monkey was safely taken by Animal Control, wherever it volition person the due care.

The antheral was booked into the Madera County Jail and is facing respective charges, including possession of an exotic animal.