Vietnam busts illegal transport of 18 bear legs from Laos

Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa seized 18 frozen bear legs transported aboard a bus by its driver without a license Tuesday.
The limbs, weighing 38 kilograms in all, were identified as belonging to red-listed sun bears, news website VnExpress said.
Dinh Hong Phuong, 47, the driver, and Bui Thien Loi, 52, the bus owner, told the police that a man had paid them to deliver the legs from Laos to Vietnam.