Five arrested in Vietnam for illegally trading a tiger carcass

A tiger carcass and wildlife products were found from a residence of man in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. - Vietnam News/VNExpress

HANOI, May 30 (dpa): Police in a central province of Vietnam arrested five people for trading the carcass of a tiger to make bone glue, a traditional medicine, authorities said Monday.

In mid-April, police caught a 48-year-old and his wife in the act as they were preparing to cut the carcass of a 145-kilogram tiger in their home in Thuong Xuan district, in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.