Deep frozen tiger and monkey skull soup found by cops in crackdown
on wildlife butchers.

By Paula Murray.

A MONKEY skull was found in a soup pot and a whole tiger in a
freezer by police in Vietnam.

The sickening haul came in raids in Hanoi on homes and shops
suspected of being involved in the lucrative trade in exotic
animals.

It also included bear limbs, elephant tusks and the horns and heads
of bull and deer.

Nguyen Thi Thanh, 40, the suspected ringleader, admitted she was
producing tiger paste - a traditional remedy said to cure male
impotence and other ailments.

Three others, including two people caught stewing tiger bones, are
being questioned by cops.

Police believe the animals were poached in either Myanmar or central
Vietnam and transferred to Hanoi for processing.


The tiger paste sells for £200 for only 100g - less than four
ounces.