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Police in Dong Da district, Hanoi, detained a man transporting a tiger corpse in his vehicle and pressed charges for the trafficking of an exotic animal.
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| The frozen tiger was found in the car |
On November 13, Pham Hai Nam, who is 39 years old and live in Van Quan Ward, Ha Dong District, Hanoi, was discovered to be working in a frozen tiger transport ring from foreign countries to Vietnam.
On November 14, the police caught Nam red-handed transporting the tiger, which weighed some 150 kilogrammes and was 1.60 metres long. It was being transported in a seven-seat vehicle. The tiger was covered wrapped with nylon bags.
Nam admitted buying the tiger at a price of VND600 million (USD30,000) from a partner in Haiphong City, then transporting it to Hanoi to sell at an expected price of VND900 million (USD45,000). If failing to find customers, he would cook the tiger bone to sell.
The police said the tiger was identified as being from a foreign country to Vietnam for sale.
The tiger has been sent to the Vietnam National Museum of Nature for research and also expanded the inspection.
