Thailand: Russian foreigners arrested for macaque monkey tourist scam

Posted on March 18, 2013 • Filed under: Thailand, Tourist Arrested, Tourist Scam, Tourist Stories

As covered by phuketgazette.net, “A Russian couple were arrested at a tourist sightseeing island off Phuket yesterday afternoon after they were caught charging tourists to have their photos taken with pig-tailed macaques, a protected species in Thailand. Andrey Belov, 31, and Ekaterina Denisovich, 22 were arrested by Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) officers led by Lt Col Kongkaj Phunoknium. ” Read Article

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