Wildlife smuggle foiled
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Acting on a tip, National Bureau of Investigation agents nabbed on Monday a Chinese woman for carrying four pangolins and three Palawan cobras believed smuggled from the South.
Peimin Zhang was driving a Mitsubishi Grandis Sedan, which hid a box containing the animals, when she was stopped by the agents, according to lawyer Ricardo Diaz, NBI Central Luzon director.
Pangolins and Palawan cobras are in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s list of wildlife animals threatened with extinction.
The NBI agents trailed the vehicle and stopped it for inspection inside the Clark Freeport. When the agents found the box, Peimen failed to present the papers authorizing her to transport and own the animals, Diaz said. Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon
