KANCHANABURI: A Myanmar man has been arrested and carcasses of two slow lorises seized at a border village in Muang district.
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said a combined team of Kanchanaburi wildlife checkpoint officials and paramilitary rangers found the carcasses of the two protected animals at Ban Phu Nam Ron border village in tambon Ban Kao of Muang district at around 1pm on Wednesday.
The team seized the carcasses of the lorises, weighing about 1.7kg, from a Myanmar man, identified only as Ong, for possessing protected wildlife carcasses in violation of the Wildlife Protection and Conservation Act.
The suspect, 39, was handed over to Muang police station for legal action.
The Myanmar man drew heavy criticism among netizens after photos of him and the carcasses of the protected animals were posted on the department’s Facebook page.
Kanchanaburi wildlife checkpoint officials and paramilitary rangers arrest a Myanmar man and seize carcasses of two lorises from him at Ban Phu Nam Ron village in Kanchanaburi province on Wednesday.(@DNP1362 Facebook page)