Poacher shot dead
Wildlife officials at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary in Chaiyaphum clashed yesterday with Vietnamese poachers, killing one man.
The officials had a gunfight with three men each of who were allegedly carrying a sack with eagle wood and carcasses in the forest sanctuary.
Officials said they found a gun near the man they shot dead and a personal document identifying him as Vietnamese. Cutting tools, the eagle wood and freshly cut deer antlers were found inside the sack. The two others were said to have escaped.
The incident was the fourth time officials have arrested or clashed with poachers at Phu Khieo. Most of them were Vietnamese.
In related news, police arrested a man allegedly transporting black wood worth Bt1.5 million from Khun Han district in Si Sa Ket to Sangkha and Prasat districts in Surin.
Phatthaya Naoprakhon, 29, confessed that he was paid Bt20,000 per trip.
