BANGKOK — Thai authorities have seized a pickup truck full of deadly cobras at a checkpoint in the country's central region. They believe the snakes came from Malaysia and were destined for use in traditional medicine or human consumption. Thai Customs chief Benja Louicharoen said officials found 600 cobras worth about 500,000 baht ($16,500) in mesh bags inside plastic baskets in the truck. Officials arrested a Thai driver after the suspicious vehicle was stopped 210 km south of Bangkok. Benja says the man confessed he was delivering the snakes to northeast Thailand where they were to be smuggled into Laos. — AP
