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BANGKOK (ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES) – Two Thais were caught in Udon Thani’s Nong Han district trying to smuggle 27 long-tailed macaques to Laos to be served up as exotic meals. Initial investigations showed that police, acting on a tip from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division (NRECD), stopped the two men as they were […]

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Two Thai nationals were arrested in Udon Thani’s Nong Han district trying to smuggle 27 long-tailed crab-eating macaques across the border to Laos.

The monkeys were bound for restaurants serving exotic meals, police said. Read more at straitstimes.com.