Naga Patrol seizes 860kg of pigs in Mukdahan, Thailand

Col. Rawirak Sattabhut, commander of the Naga Task Force, said that Mr. Narong Rattanatraiwong, head of the Mukdahan Animal Quarantine Checkpoint, led a force to suppress smuggling and exporting, including the hiding of illegal agricultural products along the Mekong River border in Mukdahan Province. After receiving a tip-off from an informant that there was smuggling of pig carcasses through the Ban Pa Wai route, Tambon Bang Sai Yai, Amphoe Mueang, Mukdahan Province, they therefore monitored the situation. During the ambush, they found a bronze Toyota Vigo pickup truck, license plate number Bor Mor 5088 Si Sa Ket, smuggling 43 boxes of pig carcasses (pig skin) weighing 860 kilograms. The suspect abandoned the vehicle with the evidence and ran into the forest before taking advantage of the darkness to escape arrest. As for the examination of the evidence, it was found that the source of the pig carcasses came from abroad, and no one came forward to claim ownership. Which is an ...