BANGKOK: Police seized 400 carnivorous piranhas from a home in the Thai capital and are searching for their owner amid fears some of the deadly fish may soon wind up in public waterways, a report said yesterday.
Police here found the notoriously dangerous freshwater fish in two large tanks at the house of a man who now faces up to six years in prison and a fine of 120,000 baht (RM10,955) if convicted of owning and breeding the fish, the Nation reported.
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