Police Raid House Found Live Tigers n Slaughter Rooms

Following a tip-off, police have arrested two people in a raid at a property about 30 miles away where they found four live tigers and a dozen empty cages.

Police in Thailand have found what they think was the slaughterhouse and holding facility for the country's now-infamous Tiger Temple.

The find is the latest in the growing scandal involving the once-popular tourist attraction where visitors were allowed to take photos of the tigers, and take them for walks on a lead.

However, all that changed at the end of last month when a raid on the temple revealed the frozen remains of 40 dead tiger cubs, with 20 more preserved in jars.

More than 135 tigers were found at the temple in Kanchanaburi province in western Thailand at the time.

The house was in an isolated area and surrounded by tall fences and investigators believe it was there that the tigers were killed.

A senior police officer said a large chopping board and a variety of knives were found in what the authorities believe was the slaughter area.

"We believe it was used by the Tiger Temple to hold live tigers before slaughtering them for their skins, meat and bones to be exported outside the country, or sent to restaurants in Thailand that serve tiger meat to tour groups," he said.

Police are searching for the owner, he said.