Thai wildlife authorities have arrested a Vietnamese man at Suvarnabhumi Airport and seized 11.75 kilograms of rhino horn, disrupting a transnational wildlife trafficking operation that used Thailand as a transit point en route to Laos. Sadudee Phanphakdee, director of the Office of Wildlife and Plant Protection under the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said the arrest followed joint operations with C.I.Q. agencies and the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division police to curb cross-border wildlife trafficking. The suspect, a 36-year-old Vietnamese national, was detained while attempting to move the contraband through Thailand to a neighbouring country, officials said. Komkrit Pinsai, head of the Suvarnabhumi Airport Wildlife Checkpoint, said the arrest took place at about 20:00 on 9 February after officers detected irregularities in X-ray images of a foam box checked into an aircraft hold.