Publication Date:
Mon, 2011-09-26 19:35
Customs Department Director-General Prasong Poontaneat says the scaly anteaters were seized from a truck Sunday evening in the southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan after a driver fled a checkpoint there.
Prasong says the driver was detained.
Prasong said Monday the mammals might have come from Malaysia or Indonesia and were en route to either Vietnam or China, where many believe they can cure ailments and boost sexual prowess.
The animals are protected by a convention on international trade in endangered species of which Thailand is a member.
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