Arrested 2 subjects illegally transporting rare animals
(Baonghean.vn) - Through patrol and control, the working group of Dien Chau Traffic Police Station discovered and arrested 2 subjects illegally transporting endangered and rare animals.
Previously, at 6:40 p.m. on April 19, while performing patrol and control duties at Km 406, National Highway 1A, in Hamlet 3, Quynh Giang Commune (Quynh Luu District), the working group of Dien Chau Traffic Police Station discovered 2 subjects driving a Honda motorbike with license plate 37L1 - 022.00, showing suspicious signs, so they stopped the vehicle for inspection.
Through that, it was discovered that Nguyen Sy Tiep (born in 1989) and Tran Trung (born in 1974), both residing in Quynh Giang commune, Quynh Luu district, were transporting 3 pangolins, hidden in a backpack that the two subjects were carrying with them.
At the police station, Tiep and Trung confessed that the pangolins were purchased from abroad and were being transported for sale when they were discovered and arrested by the authorities.
Currently, the case is under investigation and clarification.
