Thai Pathom business raided after an animal was found in Istanbul aircraft traveling through Bangkok.
On Wednesday, Thai authorities conducted a raid on a trading firm in Nakhon Pathom that is suspected of being involved in a failed smuggling attempt to bring a monkey into the country.
Following the arrest of the child monkey at Istanbul Airport in Turkey, the Nakhon Pathom Provincial Court granted a seek warrant for TK Farm International Trading in Muang area.
The monkey was intercepted during a random research by customs officials during the airline’s travel from Nigeria to Bangkok via Turkey, said Atthapol Charoenchansa, director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
The dog was discovered inside a wooden shipping container and did not have a Describes ( Agreement on International Trade in Endangered Species ) certification. It is now being cared for by pediatricians in Turkey, he said.
The Customs Enforcement Smuggling and Intelligence Directorate at Istanbul Airport made the discovery on December 22 while monitoring a cargo sale of the type of a cage in a risk analysis exercise aimed at protecting animals.
According to reports, the delivery was headed for Thailand, where 50 rabbits were supposed to be.
It is possible that aircraft employees in both Thailand and Nigeria are involved in the illegal animal business while the Nakhon Pathom company served as a pawn in this situation, according to Mr. Atthapol.
Chatuchak purchase
According to Pol Maj Gen Watcharin Phusit, the head of the police’s Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division, reports exchanged by Thai and Turkish officials revealed a connection between the seized monkey and TK Farm.
He claimed that TK Farm has a storefront in Bangkok’s well-known Chatuchak Market and is legally registered as an animal buyer and farmer.
User Siriwat Suphakitkasem informed the farm’s owners that an American male, only identified as David, had contacted the business to help him buy 50 rabbits a month prior when officers and wildlife officers arrived.
Mr Siriwat, 44, said his firm agreed to manage all the trade processes and paperwork for 150, 000 ringgit.
He confirmed that he had delivered 50 rats that were contained in two containers that he afterwards disposed of. He claimed that he had no idea that a baby monkey was also in the same package.
Officers are working to expand the TK Farm research to verify the identification of other animals that were discovered during the hunt, according to Pol Maj Gen Watcharin.
Gorillas are included in Appendix I of the Describes record, according to Mr. Atthapol. They are prohibited from entering Thailand.
Bua Noi, the single monkey in Thailand, has spent the last four decades living in a park on the top floor of a department store in Bangkok. The users have resisted numerous requests for the release of the dog from animal rights campaigners.
Bua Noi was imported before the restrictions took effect in 1992, said Mr Atthapol.