Intercept and arrest husband and wife, smuggle 50 ‘Samae’ monkeys to send to neighboring countries. Confessions made 3 times, claiming to be taken for vaccination trials. Officials send screening for fear of ‘smallpox monkey’
At 8:30 p.m. on July 27, 2022 at Highway Police Station 3, Division 4, Mittraphap Road, Ban Khaosan Road, Non Sung Subdistrict, Mueang District, Udon Thani Province, Pol. Maj. Krit Sihaboonphan, Sawa. SorTorLor.3, KK.4, Pol.Lt. Col. Kraikaew Kwannom, Deputy Inspector General (Por.) Kor.3, Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Police, Mr. Thawatchai Nantasaen, Director of the Forest Conservation Division. Conservation Office 10 Udon Thani and Mr. Suk Wala, a forest inspector supporting the prevention and suppression of the PDR 2, led the arrest of the smuggling movement of macaques. Sent across the Mekong to sell to neighboring countries.
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consists of Mr. Suthat Phusamphao, 41 years old, Nakhon Sawan province, Ms. Pornphimon Charoenthong, 38 years old, Ubon Ratchathani province. be husband and wife and Mr. Suwichak Soikaset, 45 years old, a native of Suphan Buri province, with a white Honda Accord sedan, registration 2 September 7158, Bangkok as a front vehicle and a bronze Isuzu pickup truck, carrying 50 macaque monkeys. in a mesh bag And put 6 animal transport crates, 33 females and 17 males in the air-conditioned room behind the pickup truck.
Investigating Mr. Suthat, testified that the monkeys were brought from Nakhon Sawan province, bought from villagers at 800 baht each, all 50 of them would be sold to neighboring countries. Will get a delivery fee of 1,800 baht each. Do this for the 3rd time. Then the macaques will be delivered by boat. Then there will be more Laotians to come pick them up. I know that I will take it to do research on vaccine trials. But I don’t know what vaccine it is. Most of them buy only females.
Mr. Suthat testified that he had hired Mr. Suwichak as a monkey driver for 5,000 baht. After the work was done, he would pay him. Both cars belong to the monkeys that are delivered to customers. In the past, he raised pigs and the business did not survive. incur a lot of debt therefore turned to hire a samae monkey to transport the Lao people. 
Mr. Thawatchai Nantasaen, Director of the Forest Conservation Division Office of Conservation 10 Udon Thani revealed that pangolins were caught smuggling across to neighboring countries to make medicine. But I don’t know what medicine to use. As for macaques, they have just been arrested in Udon Thani for the first time. Initially, there is no information on how much the neighboring countries are trading at. Will it be as the accused said or not? Because macaques are protected animals. Possession or relocation must be authorized by the official. Therefore, it is guilty of possessing protected wildlife without permission.
“Usually in the Northeast there are macaques and macaques. The macaques are not monkeys in this area. will be a monkey near the seashore smuggling of monkeys across the area must be especially careful especially regarding monkey pox that has already been ordered all over the country. The central part will coordinate to the nearest nursery in Phu Pha Man District, Khon Kaen Province to receive all macaque monkeys for screening according to the surveillance process. which the nursery has already prepared,” said Mr. Tawatchai.
