PHOENIX - A man who police say was in illegal possession of a tiger cub and tried to sell the animal has been indicted.Phoenix Police say 25-year-old Carlos Eduardo Castro Alcaraz was arrested on Jan.
23. An investigation began after officers received a tip that Alcaraz was trying to sell a baby tiger on social media for $25,000.
Detectives reportedly posed as buyers, and negotiated a price of $20,000.The tiger was recovered as officers served a search warrant at a home near 27th Avenue and Baseline Road."When they were doing that search warrant, you could hear the tiger in the background moaning.
You could hear that something wasn’t right," said Sgt. Brian Bower with the Phoenix Police Department. "The tiger, specifically, was in a very small cage.