Shooting to arrest a group of people cooking a 200kg tiger

Authorities raided and discovered two stoves connected to gas cylinders cooking a tiger weighing over 200kg along with another pot containing many rare animals.

Evidence seized by authorities at the scene - Photo: A LOC

At about 6:00 p.m. on November 9, the Department of Environmental Crime Prevention and Control - Ministry of Public Security (Southern Representative Office C49B) coordinated with the police and forest rangers of Dong Nai province to catch a facility red-handed cooking tiger bone glue.

The location where tiger bone glue was cooked is also the gathering point for illegal pig water injection in group 31, KP.7, Long Binh Ward, Bien Hoa City (Dong Nai).

According to an investigator, at the time the authorities raided the facility, 12 people were working in the facility with the task of cooking tiger bone glue and injecting pig juice.

Seeing the police, the subjects scattered. The police had to fire three warning shots to prevent them from escaping and to suppress and control them.

At the scene, there were two stoves connected to gas cylinders, cooking a tiger weighing over 200kg. Next to them was another large pot preparing to cook many rare animals such as golden turtles, antelope antlers, langur skulls, monkeys...

Authorities are inspecting evidence at the blast furnace - Photo: A.LOC

Authorities said they found the tiger’s head and fangs but not its skin. The initial identification of the owner of the facility was Mr. Vu Xuan Hai (57 years old, from Thanh Hoa).

The owner of the establishment said the house belonged to his son, who is currently studying abroad. He owns a food shop elsewhere, and when he just returned here, he saw the police storm in and arrest him.

In addition, nearly 200 pigs were found at the facility showing signs of being injected with tranquilizers and water. Authorities have taken samples to test for sedative injections.

According to Tuoi Tre