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Thai Hookers Posed As Hunters to Smuggle Rhino Horns
Updated: Friday, 22 Jul 2011, 4:05 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 22 Jul 2011, 9:04 AM EDT
By NewsCore
JOHANNESBURG - A smuggler paid Thai hookers to take poached rhino horns out of South Africa and into the lucrative Asian market, the Mail and Guardian reported Friday.
Thai national Chumlong Lemtongthai was arrested last week outside Johannesburg on suspicion of being part of a syndicate that sold at least 40 rhino horns.
The poached horns were taken to a taxidermist and made to look like hunting trophies, but to get around a lack of hunters, Lemtongthai found a creative solution.
He paid Thai hookers and strippers 5,000 rand ($740) each to pose as hunters and take the horns back to Thailand.
Lemtongthai reportedly made a profit of $8.9 million before he was caught.
Read more: mg.co.za
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