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Six people detained by police for 1,600 wild gecko poach  

河南六名农民捕捉1600只壁虎被刑拘 涉非法狩猎罪

家住扶沟县的田某等6人,自制捕捉工具,流窜到鄢陵县捕捉壁虎1600余只。9月10日,因涉嫌非法狩猎犯罪,田某等6人被鄢陵警方刑拘。[查看全文]
2014-09-11 15:26 Ecns.cn Web Editor: Si Huan
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(ECNS) -- Six farmers in Henan province were detained by local police on Wednesday for having poached over 1,600 geckos, Dahe Daily reported.

Police officers in Yanling county seized the captured geckos beside a road while out on patrol around 1am of Tuesday. The six, farmers of neighboring Fugou county, claimed they didn't know this type of hunting was against the law.

A police officer surnamed Chen said though the geckos aren't under national protection, China's criminal laws prescribe that private hunting of over 20 wild geckos at a time constitutes a crime. When the number exceeds 50, it becomes a major criminal offence, he added.

Police officers have freed most of the geckos, retaining a few as evidence.

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