{"id":348505,"date":"2026-03-16T04:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348505\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T04:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:35:09","slug":"two-men-nabbed-for-porcupine-poaching-in-nakhon-si-thammarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348505\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men nabbed for porcupine poaching in Nakhon Si Thammarat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two men <a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/national\/salawin-national-park-illegal-hunting-arrests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">caught hunting protected wildlife<\/a> were arrested early this morning, March 15, after authorities found them with porcupine carcasses and a firearm in a protected forest area in Nakhon Si Thammarat.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from Nam Tok Yong National Park, the Regional Office of Protected Areas 5, and the Phaya Suea task force carried out the operation at around 2.45am in a forest area overlapping Khao Luang National Reserved Forest and Namtok Yong National Park in Lan Saka district.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said the operation followed a tip-off from a concerned citizen reporting that a group of people armed with firearms had entered the forest to <a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/hot-news\/crime\/poacher-arrested-near-bhumibol-dam-for-illegal-wildlife-hunting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">hunt wildlife<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Officials set up a stakeout and later stopped a suspicious motorcycle descending from the mountain area. Two men were detained during the search.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, 30 year old Narong, and 59 year old Boonthin, were reportedly found with two porcupine carcasses weighing a combined 6.3 kilograms, a shotgun, and several hunting tools. Both men reportedly confessed during initial questioning.<\/p>\n<p> <img class=\"size-full wp-image-989916 skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e40\u0e19\u0e32\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07-23-34-25.jpg\" alt=\"Two men nabbed for porcupine poaching in Nakhon Si Thammarat\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"\/>Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thaipbs.or.th\/news\/content\/503377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thai PBS<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The suspects face multiple charges under Thailand\u2019s laws governing national reserved forests, <a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/national\/thailand-national-parks-new-year-1-5m-visitors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">national parks<\/a>, wildlife conservation, and firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Thai PBS reported that they were handed over to investigators at Lan Saka Police Station for legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Officials urged members of the public to report illegal hunting or forest encroachment to help protect Thailand\u2019s natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, back in July last year, Khao Laem National Park rangers <a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/national\/elderly-poacher-busted-in-west-thailand-national-park-raid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">caught a poaching suspect<\/a> armed to the teeth in a hidden forest hideout, highlighting Thailand\u2019s ongoing battle against illegal wildlife hunting.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers uncovered a muzzle-loading musket without a serial number, 15 rounds of ammunition, two bottles of gunpowder, and two razor-sharp knives believed to be used for preparing wildlife carcasses.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Latest Thailand News<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Home<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/hot-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hot News<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/hot-news\/crime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime News<\/a>\/Two men nabbed for porcupine poaching in Nakhon Si Thammarat<a class=\"post-cat tie-cat-6716\" href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/hot-news\/crime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime News<\/a><a class=\"post-cat tie-cat-70\" href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/south\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Thailand News<\/a><a class=\"post-cat tie-cat-9\" href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/national\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thailand News<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men caught hunting protected wildlife were arrested early this morning, March 15, after authorities found them with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,91213,143576,82,263],"class_list":["post-348505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nakhon-si-thammarat","tag-poachers","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}