Two men were briefly detained and fined US$3,000 by police on Tuesday after an investigation by Wildlife Alliance revealed their role in an illegal wildlife smuggling ring in Kratie province.
Vuthy Ravong of Wildlife Alliance said nearly 600 kilos of wild animals, including myna birds, snakes, lizards and a tortoise, were removed after a raid on the suspects’ house Kratie’s Sambour district.
He confirmed that both suspects had been detained by police, and later released.
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