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Chinese authorities uncovered a major illegal python breeding operation in Zhejiang province after detecting unusually high electricity usage. Police seized 309 pythons from one man's flat and arrested three people involved in breeding and selling the protected reptiles.
Laotian authorities have dismantled a significant wildlife trafficking network operating along the Thai border, rescuing nearly 300 animals and seizing substantial quantities of illegal wildlife products valued in the millions.
Authorities in Sabah have arrested a 27-year-old Filipino man found keeping 10 live pangolins and an elephant tusk at a rural plantation, signalling an ongoing struggle against Southeast Asian wildlife trafficking networks.