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Dozens of boxed, bagged macaques found in deserted building

Police and officials from Conservation Forest Management Administration Office 1 remove the bagged and boxed macaques from the deserted house where they were found in Phra Phuttabat district of Saraburi province on Thursday morning. They were taken to a wild animal shelter. (Photo: Police TV Facebook)

Thirty macaques restrained in sealed bags and boxes were found in an unoccupied building in Saraburi province police believe was used by wildlife traffickers to evade vehicle searches at a nearby checkpoint.

Police raided the building in Phra Phuttabat district in the small hours of Thursday after being alerted by passing motorist Phirom Phranavee, who reported hearing the animal’s  loud screeches as she drove by the place with her younger sister.

Police found 29 live macaques, either stuffed in plastic…

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