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	Thawitchat said the 47-year-old traffic policeman would face criminal investigation and punishment to set an example to others.</div>
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	Mongkhon and accomplice Preecha Prabphan, 32, were apprehended at 8.30am at a checkpoint by police and Phukhieo Wildlife Sanctuary officials. Mongkhon reportedly confessed to the crime, which he claimed to be his first offence, and |said he was hired by a hunter to transport the carcasses to a merchant in the district in exchange for some gaur meat. The duo faced the charge of having in possession parts of a protected species without permission.&nbsp;</div>
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Cop sacked over gaur smuggling

Provincial Police Region 3 chief Pol Lt-General Thawitchat Palasakhas dismissed Police Senior Sgt-Major Mongkhon Boonmachuen, 47, from civil service after he was nabbed yesterday while smuggling 246 kilograms of gaur carcasses using a police car in Chaiya