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Bengal tiger poachers turn themselves in

Four men wanted for killing two Bengal tigers are escorted from a police van by officers in Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pha Phum yesterday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)

Four wildlife poachers found grilling Bengal tiger meat in a Kanchanaburi national park before fleeing on Sunday, turned themselves in to police yesterday.

The poachers were found by a park ranger patrol in Thong Pha Phum National Park at around 10am that morning.

The patrol first came across black smoke billowing from an area near a creek in tambon Pilok of Thong Pha Phum district, about 3-4 kilometres from the Thai-Myanmar border. Five suspects were seen grilling what looked like tiger meat at the location.

The authorities later found four of them were involved in killing at least two endangered tigers.

Upon seeing the patrol, the suspects…

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