泰国警方破获一起非法盗猎穿山甲案，缴获76只活穿山甲

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3月2日晚，泰国警方在一辆满载木材的卡车上，发现76只被隐藏起来的穿山甲，一名卡车司机现已被逮捕。此前警察局局长表示，晚8点常规搜索过程中，发现这辆卡车装满了木材，经过进一步检查时警方发现18个袋子，里面共有76只活体穿山甲。 45岁的皮卡司机承认，他只是被雇佣将穿山甲进行转移，也承认在被捕前已成功交付过两次。目前这批穿山甲将在野生动物救护站得到恢复照顾，康复后将放回野外。

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'Mule' held for pangolin smuggling

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Police arrested a truck driver at a checkpoint in Sam Roi Yot district on Saturday night, after officers found 76 live pangolins concealed underneath its timber load.

Sam Roi Yot police chief, Pol Col Chalermwut Wongwiangchan, said the pickup -- which was stopped for a routine search at 8pm on Saturday -- appeared to be loaded with lumber.

However, upon further inspection police found 18 sacks containing a total of 76 live pangolins.

The pickup driver, Sompol Mekchai, 45, admitted that he was hired to deliver the protected animals from tambon Khlong Wan to an agreed spot in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Muang district.

Mr Sompol, of Ratchaburi's Pak Tho district, also confessed to having made two successful deliveries prior to his arrest on Saturday. Police said that Mr Sompol was paid 8,000 baht for each trip.

He was charged with the illegal possession of protected wildlife, which violates the Wildlife Act of 1992.

The pangolins will be rehabilitated at Huay Sai wildlife breeding station in Phetchaburi before they are returned to the wild.

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