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Smugglers caught with 48 macaques

Monkeys in mesh bags, one of them dead, were being transported from Satun to Chachoengsao

A total of 48 macaques, one of which had died, are found inside a car that was stopped for a search in Chumphon province early Saturday. Two men were arrested. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

Two members of a wildlife smuggling gang were arrested in Muang district of Chumphon on Saturday as they attempted to transport 48 macaques in a car from the South to the East.

The discovery was made after police and wildlife officials stopped a suspicious car for a search between kilometre markers 3 and 4 on Highway 4 in tambon Khun Krathing. Inside they found 48 macaques in mesh net bags. One of the animals was…

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