70 rare crocodiles found hidden in truck
Print Edition
FRONTIER police in south China last week discovered the bodies of 70 Siamese crocodiles and a further 88 severed tails hidden in a cargo truck.
The reptiles were found inside the vehicle during a routine procedure at a checkpoint in Fangchenggang, a city in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the border with Vietnam.
Officials saw that the amount of goods inside the vehicle differed from the information provided by the driver, the frontier police department said.
The crocodiles had been sealed in 16 boxes, it said.
The driver said he had been told to drive a consignment of seafood from Dongxing, also in Guangxi, to Fangchenggang, and had no idea that it also contained the illegal crocodiles, police said.
An investigation into the case is under way.
Siamese crocodiles are a critically endangered species native to Southeast Asia. Their skins are used in the production of leather goods. It is illegal in China to raise the animals without a license or to trade or traffic them.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
