Caught transporting 7 pangolins for sale in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - Hung and Duc were arrested by the police while carrying 7 pangolins from Kon Tom to deliver to a customer in Nghe An.
| Clip: Duc Vu |
At about 8:45 a.m. on June 2, on the Vinh City bypass road, in hamlet 7, Hung Loi commune, Hung Nguyen district, the Environmental Police Department of Nghe An Province Police broke up Project 619D, catching two subjects in the act of illegally buying, selling, and transporting rare and endangered wild animals.
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| Subjects Ho Minh Duc (left) and Bui Duc Hung. Photo: Duc Vu |
The police seized evidence of 7 pangolins (dead), weighing 22.7kg.
The two subjects declared their names as Ho Minh Duc (born in 1991, residing in Dak To district, Kon Tum province) and Bui Duc Hung (born in 1980, residing in Dai Tu district, Thai Nguyen province).
Hung is the owner of the above goods, he said he bought the pangolins from hunters and trappers in the forest in Kon Tum province for 2 million VND/kg, then sold them for 2.8 million VND/kg.
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| 7 pangolins were captured. Photo: Duc Vu |
On June 2, Bui Duc Hung was arrested by the police while delivering the pangolins to a customer in Nghe An.
Currently, the Environmental Police Department is completing the file and transferring it to the Investigation Police Agency to continue investigating and expanding the case.
