FWD: Cops find 103 pangolins in truck at Thai border

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Thursday July 22, 2004

Cops find 103 pangolins in truck at Thai border

 

 

PADANG BESAR: Police on routine duty at the border checkpoint here found 103

pangolins hidden in a Thai-registered cargo truck bound for southern Thailand on

Tuesday.

 

 

 

Classified as endangered, the pangolins were found crawling in a huge box in

the truck. They were seized and handed over to the state wildlife authorities

here.

 

The 28-year-old Thai truck driver has been detained for investigation as he was

transporting prohibited goods.

 

Police manning the checkpoint stopped the truck as it was found to be

overloaded.

 

Besides the pangolins, worth some RM10,000 on the Thai black market, the police

also uncovered 54 plastic bags holding 540kg of unprocessed palm oil, a

controlled item, valued at RM1,080.

 

Padang Besar OCPD Acting Supt Hadini Baseri, who confirmed the case, said this

was the first time this year that the district police had uncovered pangolins

during routine duty at the checkpoint.

 

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