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Monitor lizards, carcasses not destined for meatball factory, say police

Many live monitor lizards, lizard carcasses and live turtles are seized from an illegal slaughterhouse in U Thong district of Suphan Buri province on Tuesday. Two of four men whose faces are blurred by police are arrested and charged. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

Many live monitor lizards and turtles as well as wildlife carcasses seized during a recent raid in Suphan Buri province were not used for making meatballs or fish balls, but the meat was destined for eateries along a border area in Trat, police said on Thursday.

Wildlife officials, police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) and local leaders arrested two men and seized 32 live monitor lizards (Varanus salvators), 59…

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