Wildlife bust nets over 600kgs
16 June 2017
A 44-year-old driver was arrested in Prey Veng on Tuesday during a failed attempt to smuggle more than 600 kilograms of live wild animals across the border to Vietnam, but was released after promising to pay a fine at the provincial court the following day.

The director of the Provincial Agriculture Department, Uk Samnang, said that Forestry Administration and Anti-Economic Crime Police intercepted a van in Prey Veng town’s Svay Antor district on Tuesday, discovering six species of live animals packed in boxes weighing a total of 665 kilograms.
“The rescued animals include 371 kilos of snakes, 80 kilos of tortoises and 214 kilos of monitor lizards,” he said.

Provincial Prosecutor Meas Sopheak said the driver, But Khom, 44, was preliminarily charged by the Provincial Forestry Administration under Article 96 of the Forestry Law for “transporting wildlife animals without permission”, which calls for a fine but not imprisonment.
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That's a lot of reptilians...

Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:45 am That's a lot of reptilians...

When they're measured in kg rather than unit - that's either or lot, or they're destined for restaurants.

In another big wildlife smuggling bust, 300kg of snakes and tortoises were rescued. Disappointingly, the two traffickers managed to flee the scene on foot when they saw the police roadblock, and police were unable to catch them.

Big wildlife bust yields 300 kilos in Kampong Chhnang
26 June 2017
Kampong Chhnang provincial authorities on Saturday intercepted and seized a truck loaded with 300 kilograms of live snakes and tortoises, though the wildlife traders managed to escape, a provincial Forestry Administration official said yesterday.

Thorng Vandy Ravuthy, director of the Forestry Administration, said the live animals included 65 snakes, weighing 212 kilograms, and 30 tortoises, weighing 111 kilograms.
“Those animals were released back into nature; the tortoises were freed into the Tonle Sap river’s flooded forest area, while the snakes were freed in the forests, where their living and reproduction will be ensured,” he said.

The crackdown operation was launched after Vandy Ravuthy’s forces received a report from a forestry community network saying that a truck with Phnom Penh plates was loaded with wild animals, and had departed from Pursat province, he said. The truck was on its way to Phnom Penh via National Road 5.
His team worked with local authorities to set up a checkpoint to intercept the truck. Authorities spotted the truck about 150 metres from the checkpoint in Samaki Meanchey’s Sethei commune, but the two men inside suddenly abandoned the vehicle and ran toward a village...
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