Two wildlife poachers arrested, 34 macaques bound for Laos freed, police say

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BANGKOK/VIENTIANE, June 10 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thirty-four long-tailed macaques were rescued from cages inside a home in Rayong province’s Klaeng district on Friday and two wildlife poachers were arrested, police said.

The two poachers used tranquillizer darts blown from plastic pipes to capture the macaques from the wild, police said.