Online protected wildlife trader arrested
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Police yesterday arrested a Thai man at Bangkok's Soi Charoen Nakhon 55 for allegedly selling protected wildlife via social media.
The suspect, Wisanu Reungchai-anukul, 30, was apprehend in possession of a palm civet, two bank account books and a cell phone following a one-month probe of online wildlife trading by Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division police officers.
The suspect faces charges of having protected wildlife in his possession with intent to sell, an offence that carries a fine of up to Bt40,000 and/or up to four years in prison.
Wisanu told police that customers paid him in advance.
He said he delivered the animals, which he obtained from another online supplier, to customers by bus.
“I did the trading since March and would sell the animals at a starting price of Bt4,500,” he said.
