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Tiger, leopard pelts seized at Bangkok hotel

Wildlife officials examine the pelts of protected tigers and leopards, and other items during the raid on a hotel in Sukhumvit area, Bangkok, on Wednesday. (Photo: Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division)

Wildlife officials have seized tiger and leopard pelts, and shells of protected turtles during a raid on a hotel in Sukhumvit area of Bangkok.

Officials from the Yiew Dong and Phaya Sua task forces, a special operations team and police found the goods during a search of the Carbochon Hotel, in Klong Tan Nua of Watthana district, on Wednesday.

The raid followed a complaint that many wildlife products were inside the building, Sakchai Jongkitwiwat, director of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department’s forest fire control division, said on Thursday. 

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