14.02.2025 17:40
In a police raid conducted in Tarsus, Mersin, a macaque monkey and three squirrels were taken into protection from a house where the sale of prohibited animals was taking place. Legal action has been initiated against the suspect.
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In the Tarsus district of Mersin, a macaque monkey and three squirrels, which are prohibited for sale and possession, were seized during a police raid and handed over to the zoo.
The teams of the Tarsus District Police Department's Public Order Bureau received information that illegal animal sales were taking place at an address on 1310 Street in the central Eski Ömerli neighborhood.
ANIMALS EMERGING FROM THE HOUSE SURPRISED
Teams, along with the Tarsus Nature Conservation and National Parks Directorate, raided the house belonging to B.Y.U. (27) where the tip-off was made, and encountered a macaque monkey and three squirrels in cages in the garden. The macaque monkey named Neco and the squirrels were taken by the Nature Conservation and National Parks officials and handed over to the Tarsus Zoo. The suspect B.Y.U. has been charged with the crime of 'selling prohibited breed animals.'
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