Red-shrouded bulbuls are discovered in Bangkok and are intended to be smuggled into the neighboring nation.
PUBLISHED: 22 Jun 2024 at 16: 12
A Asian male was detained, and 58 protected species, which are intended for a different country, were taken from a home in Bangkok’s Klong Chan neighborhood.
Hoang Ngoc Cuong, 36, was apprehended at a cover house in Bang Kapi area on Friday. Authorities seized 58 purple- whiskered bulbuls, known in Thai as nok parawd ying khoan and for about 174, 000 ringgit, said Pol Col Arun Wachirasrisukanya, deputy chief of the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division.
Following a Jan 9 attack, authorities detained three Taiwanese users of a multinational wildlife trafficking network, and recovered 21 red-whisked bulbuls, 929 turtles, four chameleons, and six snakes as part of a follow-up investigation.
The system typically smuggles wild creatures by transporting them to a neighboring nation on an international vehicle, according to Pol Col Arun.
After that, researchers discovered that the group kept wild animals at a home in the Klong Chan neighborhood before emigrating them from Thailand.
The officers requested court permission to search the home, which resulted in the arrest of the Asian person.
According to the officers, Mr. Cuong admitted to having purchased the red-whisked bulbuls from a seller who ran a Facebook page for between 3, 000 and 4, 000 baht each. Before being delivered to a neighboring nation, where each bird could fetch tens of thousands of baht, he kept the shielded animals inside the house.
In infraction of the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act, the arresting group first accused him of possessing protected wild creatures without consent.
Police take a photo with the Vietnamese suspect ( second from left ) and the 58 red-whisked bulbules he seized from him. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )