NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Forty-seven macaques being smuggled out of Thailand for probable use in Chinese traditional medicine were found crammed into plastic cages on the back of pickup truck in Sung Noen district, Nakhon Ratchasima, on Monday.
They were rescued by police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division and national park officials. Two men were arrested.
Police stopped two pickup trucks for a search at Samrit intersection on Mittaparb Highway No 2 in tambon Tharn Prasart around 2am on Monday.
The stop was…
