"Sold for 14.5 Million Won"... Thai Smuggling Ring Trading 'Baby Tigers' via SNS
Caught in a Sting Operation by Local Police
Smuggled from Laos and Sold on SNS
Tiger cubs smuggled by a Thai illegal tiger trafficking gang into Laos / Photo by Yonhap News
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] It has been revealed that endangered animals, tigers, are being secretly sold through social networking services (SNS), causing shock.
The Thai media outlet 'Bangkok Post' reported on the 7th (local time) that local police conducted a sting operation and arrested an organization trafficking baby tigers.
According to the media, Thai police recently obtained information that some Thais were illegally selling baby tigers using SNS such as Facebook. The police approached them by pretending to be buyers and contacted them via Facebook.
The trafficking group told the police, disguised as buyers, that they were selling each baby tiger for 400,000 baht (approximately 14.5 million KRW) and reportedly demanded that half of the price, 200,000 baht (approximately 7.25 million KRW), be deposited first before completing the transaction.
The police first deposited 200,000 baht to the trafficking group and then moved to a shopping mall parking lot in Nonthaburi Province near Bangkok, the designated meeting place. There, with the guidance of two members of the group, the police located the baby tigers and arrested the traffickers.
The three traffickers arrested, all in their 20s to 40s, testified to the police that they had smuggled baby tigers from Laos, which borders Thailand, and were selling them.
The police transferred all the rescued baby tigers to the National Park and Wildlife Protection Department for protection. The department plans to conduct genetic testing on the baby tigers to determine their actual habitat.
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Meanwhile, tigers are designated as endangered animals in Thailand, and trading them is prohibited. However, there have been multiple reports pointing out that some trafficking groups illegally capture tigers in other countries such as Laos to make money.
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