Vietnamese police arrest eight over wild animal haul

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16/01/2004 00:23:49 | ABC Radio Australia News

Vietnamese police arrest eight over wild animal haul

 

Eight people have been arrested in southern Vietnam after a police raid

uncovered nearly 700 kilograms of wild animals.

 

The animals were found in a house in the Xuan Hung commune of the Mekong

Delta province of Dong Nai.

 

Half the haul was made up of live animals, including porcupines, tortoises,

snakes, monkeys, wild boar, lizards and endangered pangolins.

 

The animal trafficking network began operating in 1998, buying animals from

hunters in the two central provinces of Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan and

selling them to restaurants and traders in Ho Chi Minh City and its

surrounds.