<p>Thai Customs officials have seized over 600 cobras saving them from ending on dinner tables.</p>.<p>The deadly cobras were seized when the customs officials discovered them in crates on a truck when it was flagged down at a check point in the south of the country.<br /><br />Benja Louichareon, director-general of the Excise Department, said the 600 snakes, with an estimated value of about 9 lakh rupees were seized in Pranburi district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province.</p>.<p>It was believed that the shipment was being shipped to another country via southern Thailand. The cobras were detected hidden inside a black Nissan pickup truck.<br />The driver confessed that he had done this many times transporting the snakes from Malaysia to Nakhon Ratchasima province.</p>.<p>The Customs Department chief said that the cobras were likely on their way to another country where they are considered to be an aphrodisiac delicacy.<br /><br />The driver has been charged with a violation of the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act. The seized cobras are now under the care of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and Plant Conservation.</p>
<p>Thai Customs officials have seized over 600 cobras saving them from ending on dinner tables.</p>.<p>The deadly cobras were seized when the customs officials discovered them in crates on a truck when it was flagged down at a check point in the south of the country.<br /><br />Benja Louichareon, director-general of the Excise Department, said the 600 snakes, with an estimated value of about 9 lakh rupees were seized in Pranburi district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province.</p>.<p>It was believed that the shipment was being shipped to another country via southern Thailand. The cobras were detected hidden inside a black Nissan pickup truck.<br />The driver confessed that he had done this many times transporting the snakes from Malaysia to Nakhon Ratchasima province.</p>.<p>The Customs Department chief said that the cobras were likely on their way to another country where they are considered to be an aphrodisiac delicacy.<br /><br />The driver has been charged with a violation of the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act. The seized cobras are now under the care of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and Plant Conservation.</p>