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Cross-border intelligence-sharing leads to major seizure in Thailand
Leopard, Clouded Leopard and Tiger skins on sale near the Thai border © Gerald S. Cubitt/WWF-Canon Click photo to enlarge
Bangkok, Thailand, 30 January 2008 - The ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) is to support and help widen an investigation into an organized wildlife crime syndicate after yesterday's seizure of 11 dead Tigers, Leopards and Clouded Leopards, as well as 275 live pangolins from Khub Pung village of Tambon Nam Kham in Thailand, near the border with Lao PDR.
The big cats, all wild-caught, are believed to have originated from southern Thailand or Malaysia, although this is still under investigation. The Royal Thai Navy's Khong River Coast Guard seized the pangolins from one truck and the six dead Tigers, three Leopards and two Clouded Leopards from another truck at 3 a.m. yesterday.
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