Police catch smuggling gang trying to sell wild monkeys to China 'for consumption and cancer research'
Published date: Wed, 07 Jun 2023 15:23:04 +0700Authorities have foiled two suspected animal smugglers allegedly selling wild monkeys to China to be eaten and have their brains used in medicine.
Thai Highway Police arrested Pongpat Sooksom, 32, and Phutanate Puttawong, 21, while they were delivering dozens of crab-eating macaques to Bueng Kan province in Thailand's far northeast bordering Laos, on Tuesday June 6.
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