Officials on patrol may have thought it would be a routine inspection when they were alerted about a campsite in a prohibited area in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province on Sunday.

The president of Italian-Thai Development Plc, Premchai Karnasuta, has been arrested for alleged poaching in the Thung Yai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary in Kanchanaburi, an official said on Tuesday.