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Young man arrested for selling macaque monkeys, captured from the wild, online in Chiang Mai

Accused told investigating officers from Phrao district who raided his home and found two monkeys in a cage ready to be passed on for cash that he did it because his income as a delivery driver was down over the Covid-19 pandemic. 

A 26-year-old Thai man is facing 10 years in jail after charges related to the marketing of captured wild animals online have been filed against him.

Mr Theeraphol Chanmo surrounded by police officers from Phrao Police Station and the Natural Resources and Environment Crime Suppression Division after they arrested him for possession and trafficking of wild and protected animals on Saturday.

A Thai man was arrested in Chiang Mai on Saturday after police netted him in a sting operation for selling protected macaque monkeys.

26-year-old Theeraphol Chanmo was nabbed by a police officer, working undercover, who arrived at his home in the Phrao district of…

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