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5 tonnes of wild animals found on bus in Ha Tinh

Police in the central province of Ha Tinh on December 25 seized five tonnes of live wild animals on a bus that was moving from the south to the north.
5 tonnes of wild animals found on bus in Ha Tinh ảnh 1Police in the central province of Ha Tinh on December 25 seized five tonnes of live wild animals on a bus that was moving from the south to the north. (Source: baohatinh.vn)

Ha Tinh (VNA) – Police in the central province of HaTinh on December 25 seized five tonnes of live wild animals on a bus that was movingfrom the south to the north.   

The bus, which was stopped at National Highway 1A in Ky Anhdistrict, Ha Tinh province, was driven by 41-year-old Nguyen Thanh Tan,residing in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. The man presented relevantdocuments but they are illegal.

The police handed over the wild animals, including snakes, iguana,geckos and turtles, to provincial forest rangers for settlement.

According to a report on wildlife violationsand law enforcement in Vietnam from 2013-2017 conducted by the WCS and theDepartment of Criminal Justice Statistics and Information Technology at theSupreme People’s Procuracy, Vietnam recorded more than 1,500 wildlife crimes,seizing over 41,300 kg of wildlife specimens and products, from January 2013 toDecember 2017.

Some 1,460 people have reportedly violatedregulations on wildlife protection, of whom 432 were brought to trial withcriminal charges./.
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