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RUNGRAWEE C. PINYORAT, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
02-25-2005
Dateline: BANGKOK, Thailand
A Thai man who offered dinosaur fossils and valuable antiques for sale on the Internet has been arrested for illegally trading in ancient artifacts and art, police said Friday.

Acting on a tip-off from U.S. authorities, undercover police arrested Piriya Wachachitphan, 25, on Monday and confiscated 108 large dinosaur fossils and five boxes containing smaller pieces from his home in Bangkok, said police Lt. Gen. Thani Somboonsab.

"It is the first time that police have arrested a smuggler of dinosaur fossils in Thailand," he said.

Police said Piriya had also sold more than 1,000 cultural ...

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