Police arrest two Vietnamese over tiger trafficking

Two Vietnamese were arrested for animal trafficking after two live tigers were discovered in the back seat of a car, while four others were found frozen in a home, state-run media reported Wednesday.

Nguyen Thuy Mui, 48, and Nguyen Quoc Truong, 43, were detained Monday after the two live tigers, each weighing about 50 kilograms (104 pounds), were
confiscated, according to Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper.

Police found the animals sedated in the back seat of a car en route from the capital, Hanoi, to nearby Ha Dong City, it said. They then discovered four frozen tigers in Truong's house, the biggest one weighing 150 kilograms (330 pounds), that were to be processed into traditional medicine, the newspaper said.