BURIRAM, Thailand, Sept 3 (Bernama) -- Police in north-eastern Thailand
have pulled over two trucks with nearly 1,500 logs of smuggled Siamese
rosewood -- the largest capture ever in the region worth nearly 400
million baht (RM39.9 million).
Commander of Police Region Division 3, Police Lieutenant General
Panu Kerdlarppol, said two suspects were arrested on the spot near a
checkpoint in Buriram province, bordering Cambodia, Thai News Agency
reported.
The suspects confessed being hired for 3,000 baht (RM299.40) each
trip to take the rosewoods to a wood market in Thailand's central
Ayutthaya province.
In another capture, park officials in the eastern province of Sa
Kaeo have arrested two Cambodians who illegally crossed the Thai border
to smuggle rosewoods, valued at nearly one million baht (RM99,734). The
pair said they planned to earn profit selling them at the border.
-- BERNAMA
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