Thai park rangers have arrested five Vietnamese nationals as they tried to flee into Laos with 103.5kg of Agarwood chips, thought to have been stolen from Thailand’s Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary in the north-eastern province of Chaiyaphum.

 

Last week, park rangers from the same sanctuary intercepted two cars as they were leaving the sanctuary. A search of the two vehicles uncovered 173kg of Agarwood chips.

 

Rangers stopped three cars at a border checkpoint in Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai Province yesterday (Sunday) as they tried to leave Thailand for Laos. A search uncovered 103.5kg of Agarwood chips, believed to be from the sanctuary in Chaiyaphum.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/five-vietnamese-arrested-with-about-103kg-of-agarwood-at-border-checkpoint/

 

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On 3/27/2023 at 6:07 PM, snoop1130 said:

tried to flee into Laos with 103.5kg of Agarwood chips,

For reference:-

Agarwood chips are used in the manufacturing of incense, perfumes, traditional medicines, and agarwood oil.

Agarwood is an endangered species and is protected by Convention. Agarwood oil is traded worldwide and in 2018 was worth 8,303.7 million USD. It is popular in Chinese traditional medecine. Full story:-

Wikipedia - Agarwood and 

https://straitsresearch.com/report/agarwood-chip-market#:~:text=Agarwood chips are used in,traditional medicines%2C and agarwood oil.