A police officer pets a Tibetan mastiff which was hidden in a paper carton on a train from Lhasa to Chongqing. [Photo provided by Chongqing police/cqcb.com]

Tibetan mastiff puppies hidden in paper boxes

It is widely known that animals are forbidden to be taken to airplanes or trains as carry on luggage, but some people, ignoring all the rules, still try to take live animals onboard.

Three Tibetan mastiff puppies, hidden in three paper cartons, have been found on a train from Lhasa to Chongqing on Sunday, Chongqing Morning Post reported.

Railway police officer Chen Wei spotted that the cartons, bound with tape, with a hole on every one of them.

"It was like they don't want to suffocate something inside of the boxes," Chen recalled.

It turned out that the pups were bought from Xining, capital of Northwest China's Qinghai province. Since none of the puppies had quarantine certificates, they were immediately taken to a passenger-free carriage by police.

Tibetan mastiffs are known for loyally but fierce dispositions are one of the world's most expensive dog breeds.

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