Two men were arrested yesterday in the central province of Suphan Buri for trafficking protected animals. The authorities seized over 100 carcasses of monitor lizards and turtles, making the largest number on record.
Authorities from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division, or Greencop, and U-Thong Police Station were notified that a house owner, later identified as 73 year old Mon Nerajatee, was illegally disassembling and trading protected water monitors and turtles.
The authorities raided Mon’s house in the U-Thong district of Supha Buri yesterday and found five of his employees disassembling carcasses of water monitors in the house. Mon and the carcass buyer, 67 year old Prasit Lekphet, were also present.
During the raid, 32 living water monitors, 59 monitor lizard carcasses, and 28 turtle carcasses were seized, along with disassembling equipment such as…
