Suspects confess a customer would pay them 1,000 to 2,000 baht for each animal
Some macaques are found in a plastic cage seized from six members of a wildlife trafficking gang. The suspects are caught firing tranquiliser darts to capture wild animals in Phetchaburi on Friday. (Photo: Chaiwat Satyaem)
PHETCHABURI: Six members of a wildlife trafficking gang were arrested and more than 10 macaques rescued near a hill in the Muang district on Friday morning.
Acting on a tip-off, the police arrived at the foothill of Khao Luang in tambon Thongchai and found a wildlife trafficking gang capturing long-tailed macaques in the area. The officers observed four men and two women using tranquiliser darts to…
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