At 5.00pm on Tuesday, police officers from the Environmental Police Division of the Da Nang Department of Police stopped 45-year-old Nguyen Van Hong from Que Son District’s Huong An Commune in Quang Nam Province.  He was transporting a 100kg dead sow from the province to a house at 49B in alley 25 on Dien Bien Phu in Thanh Khe District’s Thac Gian Ward.

Mr Hong said that he was bringing the dead sow to Da Nang for sale at the request of a resident from Huong An Commune.

An administrative fine was imposed for his violation and the dead animal has been destroyed.