BANGKOK: Thailand said on Friday it had made its largest-ever seizure of monitor lizards after finding more than 2,000 of the reptiles being smuggled in a convoy of pick-up trucks heading for the capital. The live Bengal monitors were found in plastic baskets on the back of three vehicles when they were stopped by authorities in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, south of Bangkok, on Thursday.
Customs officials, who put the estimated street value of the reptiles at 1.8 million baht ($60,000).
International trade in the reptiles is banned and they are protected under Thai and Malaysian law. (AFP)
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