A tiger meat trade gang was busted with a dead female tiger in their car as they were en route to deliver the meat to Bangkok restaurants.

Tak province military and police officers arrested two Thai men Nipon Suksombot, 42, and Leuthai Diewchareon, 55, after they stopped their vehicle at a road checkpoint and found a dead tiger stuffed in a cooler box.

The female tiger approximately weighed 200 kilograms. Gunshot wounds were found all over her body, suggesting she was tragically shot several times before she died.

The authorities believe the tiger was killed less than 8 hours before they found it.

The two men confessed they were hired for THB3,000 each to pick up the tiger from Mae Sod market and deliver it to restaurants in Bang Kae district that serve unusual dishes, state media and Morning News reported.

Photo: Morning News

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