Many live monitor lizards and turtles as well as wildlife carcasses seized during a recent raid in Suphan Buri province were not used for making meatballs or fish balls, but the meat was destined for eateries along a border area in Trat, police said on Thursday.
Wildlife officials, police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) and local leaders arrested two men and seized 32 live monitor lizards (Varanus salvators), 59 carcasses of monitor lizards, 28 live turtles, carcasses of other protected wild animals and 13 items of equipment used for slaughtering during the raid on a house-cum-illegal slaughterhouse in tambon Ban Sorng of U Thong district on Tuesday. A total of 115 live wildlife and carcasses were seized.
