Tusks? What tusks? Vietnamese men arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Two Vietnamese men were arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday with 74.8 kilos of elephant tusks in two bags.

 

When questioned about the illegal load they played dumb saying they had no idea what they were carrying.

 

Dinh Wan Hon and Ngern Tuan Da were taken directly from the airport to the court in Samut Prakarn then thrown in jail.

 

The bags had been brought by the pair from Ethiopia on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 628. The bags and suspects were on their way to Luang Prabang in Laos but were intercepted by customs officials.

 

The Vietnamese said they had been hired to bring the bags by a man in Angola but claimed they had no idea what they were carrying.

 

Police said that the haul is worth more than 90 million baht.

 

Source: Daily News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-07-25

Reminds me of, err... a friend getting busted with his hand on some gals breast by his wife at a Pattaya bar once.

 

Bargirl? What bargirl?

 

Deny. Deny. Deny.

 

His wife drug him out by his ear.

Edited July 25, 20178 yr by jaywalker

Two Vietnamese men indicted for alleged ivory export

By The Nation

 

 

Two Vietnamese men who were nabbed at Suvarnabhumi International Airport for an alleged attempt to smuggle 74.8 kilograms of ivory worth Bt90 million, were indicted at Samut Prakan provincial court on Monday.
 

The two suspects – identified as Dinh Van Hon and Nguyen Tuan Da – were charged for unauthorised ivory import/export and being in possession of ivory as per the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and the Elephant Ivory Act 2015. 

 

 

Their bags, bound for Luang Phra Bang, were intercepted and searched out of suspicion that they carried illegal items, which turned out to be carved ivory products and ivory tusk pieces. 

 

The men reportedly confessed that they were hired by a person in Angola to take the bags from Ethiopia to Laos without knowing the contents of the bag.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30321736

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-07-25

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

Two Vietnamese men who were nabbed at Suvarnabhumi International Airport for an alleged attempt to smuggle 74.8 kilograms of ivory worth Bt90 million

Idiots. 

Not hard for them to play dumb. 

I have heard of drug mules , ,and now I have heard of Ivory mules, wonder if the charges

are the same.  Sure glad these guys were caught, and the destination has to wait longer

to make their ivory products.

Geezer

That'll top up the tea money fund nicely.

On 7/25/2017 at 8:29 AM, jaywalker said:

Reminds me of, err... a friend getting busted with his hand on some gals breast by his wife at a Pattaya bar once.

 

Bargirl? What bargirl?

 

Deny. Deny. Deny.

 

His wife drug him out by his ear.