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Couple arrested with wild cat skins and parts

Suspects said they acquired carcasses online and used them to make talismans for sale

Officers question Phatcharapha Prasongdee and her husband Sitthichai Boonlai at a house in the Jorakhae Bua area of Lat Phrao district in Bangkok after arresting them on charges of illegal trading in wildlife. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

A couple arrested with 19 animal pelts and other items in Bangkok admitted to having sold talismans made from skins and oil of Asiatic golden cats online to customers with superstitious beliefs, police say.

Police officers from the Natural Resources and Environment Crime Suppression Division apprehended Phatcharapha Prasongdee and her husband Sitthichai Boonlai, both 30, at a…

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