20 tonnes of smuggled pork from Laos seized

MUKDAHAN: About 20 tonnes of pork was seized from an 18-wheel lorry which crossed the second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong river to this northeastern border province from Savannakhet province of Laos on Saturday night, according to a media report.

The lorry was stopped at 7.30pm for a search at the animal quarantine centre on the Thai side of the bridge.

Chalongrath Chansongkaew, chief of the animal quarantine centre, said about 20 tonnes of port, worth about 4 million baht, was found in the container loaded on the lorry.

Srisuwan, the driver of the lorry which belonged to a transport firm, said he drove the vehicle with a container from Bangkok to Mukdahan on Friday and crossed the Mekong river bridge to Savannakhet where the container was unloaded.

While in Savannakhet, the truck was loaded with a new container. On Saturday night, he brought the truck…