18/11/2016
84k worth of Illegal Lumber Seized in Caraga
Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez, Libertad, Butuan City----- Police confiscated believed to be illegally cut forest products worth more than Php84,000.00 Thursday dawn in Caraga region.
In a report submitted to Police Regional Office (PRO) 13, 41 pieces of Iron Wood tree “Magkuno” lumber with estimated volume of 900 board feet worth Php72,000.00 were confiscated by the police in Brgy. Poblacion, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur around 12:30AM.
Arrested in the operation was Jay Alabaran, 44, and the driver of Mitsubishi Canter truck where the undocumented forest products were loaded.
Meanwhile, the drivers of single motorcycles identified as Jimmy Sernal, Danilo Cellero, and Marcial Toda were nabbed by the police in Brgy. 5, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte about 3:00AM.
114 pieces of dipterocarp lumber with total volume of 631 board feet and market value of Php12,015.00 were boarded on the motorcycles.
Chief Superintendent Rolando B Felix, Caraga Police Director, said that the continuing campaign against illegal logging is part of PNP Caraga’s support to the DENR Regional Multi-Sectoral Environmental Protection Committee’s effective and efficient protection, conservation, development and management of our forest.
He also urged the community to provide relevant information to help stop the destruction of the region’s forest resources which prevent calamities and preserve the biodiversity
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