柬埔寨人試圖把1.6噸蛇走私到越南
2009-12-03 新聞速報【中廣新聞／劉剛】
柬埔寨一個走私集團，試圖把1.6噸的活蛇跟3百公斤的鱉走私到越南，被警方逮捕。
柬埔寨警方接獲密報，說有人試圖把一批蛇跟鱉走私到越南，於是展開調查，果然在河上攔截一艘船隻，在船上查獲1.6噸蟒蛇跟其他種類的蛇，以及3百公斤的鱉，還逮捕兩名男子。這兩名男子說，這批蛇和鱉，其中一些來自泰國。他們受人委託，把這批蛇和鱉送到越南。
在越南，蛇和鱉屬於保育類動物，禁止獵捕跟走私．越南警方查獲這批蛇和鱉後，把牠們送到野外放生。
以下是外電
Snake smugglers nabbed in Cambodia
Cambodian police confiscated two tons of live snakes and tortoises and arrested two men trying to smuggle the slithering cargo up a river from Cambodia to Vietnam, authorities said.
Acting on a tip, police intercepted the boat Wednesday on the Bassac River in southeastern Cambodia just before it crossed into Vietnam.
They found 1655 kilograms of snakes, mostly pythons, and 263 tortoises that weighed a combined 317 kilograms, said Colonel Chan Savouen, deputy police chief of Kandal province.
"Snakes and tortoises are rare reptiles in our country and are strongly prohibited from being hunted and trafficked," he said.
Police arrested two Cambodians, aged 17 and 20, who said they were hired to transport the cargo but did not know the identities of their employers. They said some of the reptiles had been illegally hunted in Cambodia and others were trafficked from neighbouring Thailand, Chan Savouen said.
The snakes and tortoises were released into the wild, he said.
Vietnam is often used as a transit point for trafficking illegal wildlife from Southeast Asia to China to feed its market for exotic pets and foods.
2009-12-03 新聞速報【中廣新聞／劉剛】
柬埔寨一個走私集團，試圖把1.6噸的活蛇跟3百公斤的鱉走私到越南，被警方逮捕。
柬埔寨警方接獲密報，說有人試圖把一批蛇跟鱉走私到越南，於是展開調查，果然在河上攔截一艘船隻，在船上查獲1.6噸蟒蛇跟其他種類的蛇，以及3百公斤的鱉，還逮捕兩名男子。這兩名男子說，這批蛇和鱉，其中一些來自泰國。他們受人委託，把這批蛇和鱉送到越南。
在越南，蛇和鱉屬於保育類動物，禁止獵捕跟走私．越南警方查獲這批蛇和鱉後，把牠們送到野外放生。
以下是外電
Snake smugglers nabbed in Cambodia
Cambodian police confiscated two tons of live snakes and tortoises and arrested two men trying to smuggle the slithering cargo up a river from Cambodia to Vietnam, authorities said.
Acting on a tip, police intercepted the boat Wednesday on the Bassac River in southeastern Cambodia just before it crossed into Vietnam.
They found 1655 kilograms of snakes, mostly pythons, and 263 tortoises that weighed a combined 317 kilograms, said Colonel Chan Savouen, deputy police chief of Kandal province.
"Snakes and tortoises are rare reptiles in our country and are strongly prohibited from being hunted and trafficked," he said.
Police arrested two Cambodians, aged 17 and 20, who said they were hired to transport the cargo but did not know the identities of their employers. They said some of the reptiles had been illegally hunted in Cambodia and others were trafficked from neighbouring Thailand, Chan Savouen said.
The snakes and tortoises were released into the wild, he said.
Vietnam is often used as a transit point for trafficking illegal wildlife from Southeast Asia to China to feed its market for exotic pets and foods.
