Chinanews.com, Guangzhou, August 18 (Tang Guijiang Guan Yue) According to the Guangzhou Customs on the 18th, under the unified command of the Anti-smuggling Bureau of the Guangdong Branch, the Guangzhou Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau and the Nanning Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau and the Fuzhou Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau organized the development A special operation to combat the smuggling of endangered animals successfully detected an endangered animal smuggling case.
During the operation, Guangzhou Customs destroyed a wild animal shelter, arrested a suspect of smuggling, and seized 140 parrots and parrots listed in Appendix I and Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. 5 eggs, 1 toucan, 2 money turtles.
Customs anti-smuggling police seized the endangered animals suspected of smuggling into the country. Photo by Guan Yue
In early July, the Guangzhou Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau received a report from the Fuzhou Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau. There were clues that the suspect Liang was suspected of smuggling hornbills and other endangered wild animals from the non-customs border area of Dongxing City, Guangxi, China, and sold them to Fujian and other places for profit. As the smuggling chain involved Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian, the Guangzhou Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau immediately joined forces with the Nanning Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau and the Fuzhou Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau to launch a joint anti-smuggling operation code-named "303" to combat the smuggling of endangered wild animals. The chain attack completely cut off the smuggling channel.
According to the investigation conducted by the anti-smuggling department, the suspect Liang is an intermediate link between the entry link of the smuggling in Guangxi and the sale link of the cargo owner in Fujian. During the smuggling process, he "connected the link between the previous and the next" and his whereabouts were erratic. He was often in Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, Wuzhou, Dongxing and other places. Frequent activities between.
Photo by Guan Yue, a large wild animal shelter on the roof of a timber factory destroyed by customs anti-smuggling police
In order to ensure that Liang was arrested and brought to justice and the case was successfully investigated, the Guangzhou Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau used smart anti-smuggling investigation methods combined with traditional investigation methods to conduct precise investigations using "big data" and quickly locked Liang's foothold. The law of activity and social relations are ready for the upcoming investigation and arrest operations.
In the early morning of July 24, under the unified command of the Anti-smuggling Bureau of the Guangdong Branch, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Guangzhou Customs, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Nanning Customs, and the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Fuzhou Customs launched a unified network collection operation in Guangzhou, Foshan, Fuzhou, Dongxing, and Wuzhou. Liang, who has been accurately positioned, was arrested and brought to justice somewhere in Guangzhou University Town.
When the customs anti-smuggling department inspected a timber factory where the suspect Liang was frequently active, it found that there were several iron cages that were suspected to be used to raise birds beside the timber factory's fence. After searching, two parrots were found in an iron cage in a hidden corner. After the anti-smuggling police questioned the person in charge of the factory, they immediately found Liang’s rented and modified wild animal shelter in a number of rooms on the third floor and on the roof of the factory’s workers’ dormitory building. A batch of illegally raised suspected smuggled animals were found on the spot and endangered. Birds and other animals, including endangered wild animals such as parrots, toucans, and money turtles. Ventilation and on-site sanitation are extremely poor, large amounts of animal excrement are scattered on the ground, and the room is full of foul smells.
After interrogation, Liang was unable to provide relevant legal certificates for raising, transporting, and selling the above-mentioned endangered wild animals, and confessed to providing others with false wild animal domestication, breeding, transportation, and sales certification materials.
In recent years, in order to seek illegal benefits, criminals have evaded state supervision and smuggled wild animals and plants through illegal channels. The customs reminds you not to import, raise, transport, or buy or sell wild species of animals and plants without authorization. Such behavior violates the law and may even constitute a crime. Importing wild animal and plant species needs to obtain relevant qualifications and approval documents in accordance with national laws and regulations, truthfully declare to the customs and conduct inspection and quarantine. In addition, wild animals are not suitable for domestication due to their nature. Some exotic species themselves carry viruses. If they are not properly kept or released at will, they will have a negative impact on my country's environmental health and ecological balance.
Currently, the case is under further investigation. It is understood that the wild animals seized have been transferred to the Foshan Wildlife Rescue Center for proper resettlement. (Finish)