200kgs of processed field mice seized at Sa Kaew customs checkpoint
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Rangers and customs officials foiled an attempt by a Cambodian man to smuggle some 200 kilogrammes of processed field mice into Thailand at the border checkpoint in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet on Friday.
The man was noticed pushing a large pushcart to pass through the checkpoint at 11am.
When officials asked to check his goods, he abandoned the cart and ran back to Cambodia.
When authorities checked the cart they found 20 bags of processed mice with a combined weight of 200kg.
Fearing they might be house rats, authorities contacted Sa Kaew animal quarantine office to destroyed the mice.
Yutthana Poolpipat, chief customs officer for the Aranyaprathet checkpoint said anyone wishing to import processed meat or animals into Thailand must first seek permission from the animal quarantine office to get a certificate proving the meat has no communicable disease.
