Thread: Man held in Thai police custody for possessing six piranha fish for sale

A man was arrested yesterday (Monday) by police from the Natural Resources and Environment Crime Suppression Division after six piranha fish were found in his possession at his home in Sai Mai district of Bangkok.


The 21-year-old, identified only as “Abhisit” by the police, allegedly admitted that he originally bought the fish via Facebook, from a trader, and had been raising and selling the fish online for about a year prior to his arrest.


He also told the police that the fish could fetch prices from a few thousand baht up to about 10,000 baht, depending on their size and colour.


Police charged him with being in possession of forbidden fish, which may pose a danger to humans or other fresh-water species if they were released into natural waterways, which is liable to one-year in prison and/or a maximum fine of one million baht if convicted.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/man-hel...fish-for-sale/

Tha massive damage those things could do if released.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Tha massive damage those things could do if released.

Sort of like Snakeheads you mean?

I would be surprised if there weren’t piranha on the loose here already, just not in numbers enough to cause problems. There isn’t that much difference between them and pacu. Thais routinely stock their fishing lakes with pacu. Really a dumb move.

Originally Posted by misskit

There isn’t that much difference between them and pacu.

Pacu mainly feed on plants and don't have extremely sharp teeth, so there are two significant differences, no?

^ Pacu will bite into anything and have strong jaws and teeth.