Dien Chau Police: Arrested two illegally kept tigers

(Baonghean.vn) –On the morning of November 7, Lieutenant Colonel Le Thanh Quy - Deputy Head of the Economic and Environmental Crime Investigation Team of Dien Chau District Police (Nghe An) said that the district police force had just arrested two illegally kept tigers in the family of Mr. Nguyen Van Sang (born in 1955, residing in Hamlet 5, Dien Quang Commune.


The two captured tigers weighed about 70kg and were in good health.

At the police station, Mr. Sang stated that these two tigers were sent to Mr. Sang by Ms. Nguyen Thi The (born in 1974, residing in Phu Binh hamlet, Do Thanh commune, Yen Thanh, Nghe An) since November 2. Summoned by Dien Chau police, Ms. The admitted that she had raised them since February 2011. After the press reported that she was afraid of being discovered by the authorities, she sent the two tigers to Mr. Sang to help raise.

The case is currently being investigated and clarified by the authorities.

Doan Hoa