Three arrested in car park: They were selling a Laotian tiger cub for 400,000 baht

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division became aware of the activity of a gang trading in exotic species online.

 

With the help of a group called WJC they infiltrated the group and bided their time.

 

When a tiger cub came up for sale they arranged to buy it for 400,000 baht - 200,000 baht deposit and the rest at point of sale.

 

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That was a car park at a Bang Yai, Nonthaburi, shopping mall. 

 

Arrested there were Pheerapon, 23, and Pornthiwa, 30.

 

Chartree, 41, was waiting nearly with the cub and after the 200,000 balance was paid he too was arrested. 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The cub, aged four months, was smuggled across the border from Laos.

 

Each of the gang members was responsible for a different job such as sourcing animals or advertising, reported Thai Rath.

 

Also taken into evidence was a Honda City and three phones. 

 

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[Geoffggi]

Fine them 400,000 Baht each then jail them

[Will B Good]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

they infiltrated the group and bided their time.

I wonder if they could do something similar re: extortion of money from local traders?

[hotchilli]

Put Thailand at the highest possible ranking for animal smuggling, maybe the government will take notice.

[The Hammer2021]

LOL TIT!

[shackleton]

They should be given jail time for being involved 

In the sale of animals tigers ect

Send out a message to others involved 

[rudi49jr]

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Put Thailand at the highest possible ranking for animal smuggling, maybe the government will take notice.

The government is fully aware of what is going on, make no mistake about it, but maybe for different reasons than you think. You see, wIldlife trafficking is one of the most profitable kinds of crime there is. Which means all kinds of officials, all the way up to the top, receive many big fat brown envelopes to look the other way. Which means they will be quite reluctant to do anything about said wildlife trafficking, because they would be slaughtering the goose that lays the golden eggs. There will be token arrests here and there, but the kingpins will never get caught and they can continue to do what they have been doing for many decades. That’s how the system in Thailand works. If you have enough money, you can literally get away with murder. 

[Rimmer]

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