Two men were arrested close to the Malaysian border and 130 pangolins seized, problably on their way to restaurants in China, reports the Bangkok Post

Two arrested in pangolin bust
Bangkok Post
8 October 2007

Chumphon—Police arrested two men yesterday and seized 130 endangered pangolins from their pick-up truck as they were on their way to Nong Khai.

The protected animals were probably destined for restaurants in Laos and China, police said.

The two men, Tui Prasertkaew, 39, and Danai Sima, 28, admitted they were hired to transport the pangolins from Sadao, on the border with Malaysia in Songkhla, to Nong Khai in the Northeast.

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