Suvarnabhumi Airport Customs Office director Bhuntiam Chokwiwat said customs officers captured the two Chinese men while they were in transit from Zambia to Cambodia, as they smuggled eight rhino horns in their check-in baggage. The two men were identified as Cheng Yan Xiu and Lin Mi. Both men were charged with violating customs law and illegally transporting restricted animal parts. After officers found the rhino horns, he confessed that he had been hired by Lin to transport them for Bt25,000. Lin denied the allegation, but officers detained both men.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 12, 2017 03:45 UTC