Thai police have arrested a man attempting to smuggle six
vials of human semen into Laos.
Authorities found a nitrogen tank containing the vials in
the man's bag when he was crossing the border at the northern Thai town of Nong
Khai.
Police said the man confessed that the semen was bound for a
fertility clinic in the capital of Laos - Vientiane.
Laos has seen a boom in commercial surrogacy after
neighbouring Thailand and Cambodia banned the practice.
The smuggler, a Thai national, told police he had done 12
similar trips in the past year where he would collect semen from Bangkok
clinics and transport them to the clinic in Laos, reported The Bangkok Post
newspaper.
He said he had also done several deliveries to a hospital in
Cambodia, the paper reported.
In 2015, Thailand banned foreigners from paying Thai women
to act as surrogates following a string of scandals in the once thriving
industry. Cambodia followed with a total ban last year.
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