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Seized Tiger Bones And Parts Genuine, Confirm Vietnam Police

Seized Tiger Bones And Parts Genuine, Confirm Vietnam Police

Tests done on animal bones and parts seized following the recent arrest of a tiger-smuggling gang confirmed them to be genuine, meaning the gangsters could face charges, the Hanoi police said Friday.

Last Tuesday the police raided two houses in Hanoi’s Thanh Xuan district, both rented by 40-year-old Nguyen Thi Thanh, and seized two disemboweled, 250 kg tigers from freezers.

They also found two tiger skins and bones and parts besides eight pairs of ox horns, two pairs of stag horns, two pairs of elephant tusks, and five bear arms.

Ringleader Thanh and her three henchmen, Chu Van Bien, Nguyen Duc Thiep, and Tran Van De, were arrested.

Under interrogation, Thanh confessed the gutted tigers were from Myanmar and India and their bone marrow was sold for VND6.5 million (US$400) per gram to traditional doctors for curing rheumatism and other joint ailments.

Thanh and her gang extracted the marrow in the two houses.

They had begun their operations in 2004, and were suspected of being linked to a much larger international animal-smuggling ring, the police said.

An official from the Hanoi Forest Protection Department added that the ring could be charged with illegally transporting and slaughtering wild animals.

The police said they would carry out further investigations.

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