4 people were fined more than 200 million for illegally exploiting and transporting forest products.
(Baonghean.vn) - This group of people went into the forest to set up posts, keep watch and exploit forest products, then sell them to civil wood production facilities and use them as fuel in Thanh Chuong district.
| Police arrested 4 suspects with evidence of illegal deforestation. Clip: MK |
The People's Committee of Nghe An province has just issued a decision to administratively sanction four citizens residing in Thanh Chuong district for illegally exploiting and transporting forest products of common wood species in production forests.
The four people fined include: Le Ngoc Truong (born in 1986, residing in Hamlet 1, Thanh An Commune); Tran Van Hai (born in 1983, residing in Hamlet 9, Thanh Thinh Commune); Hoang Van Thang (born in 1979, residing in Hamlet 1, Thanh An Commune) and Tran Quoc Son (born in 1990, residing in Hamlet 3, Thanh An Commune). The administrative fine for these four people is 217 million VND.
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| 4 people at the time of arrest. Photo: MK |
In addition to being fined, these individuals were also subject to additional penalties including confiscation of administrative violation evidence including 5,546m3Common timber, grades 6 to 8; 1 truck; 1 chainsaw.
Previously, in July 2019, the Environmental Police Department (Nghe An Provincial Police) received information that some subjects were illegally exploiting forests and converting forest purposes in violation of regulations, so they established Project 719R to fight them.
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| The car and the amount of wood the subjects transported for sale. Photo: MK |
The investigation team determined that in sub-area 996 in Thanh An commune, Thanh Chuong district, there were a number of subjects illegally exploiting, burning, cutting down forest products (wood) and natural forests to plant acacia. The subjects set up guard posts, put up signs prohibiting filming and photography.
At about 11:00 p.m. on July 29, 2019, the Environmental Police Department arrested the four people who were transporting 5,546m3wood for consumption.
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| Authorities examine the scene. Photo: MK |
These 4 people confessed to having exploited and transported out of the forest 4 times with a total amount of wood of about more than 20 cubic meters.3The above wood is sold to civil wood production facilities, fuel use, and tea drying kilns in Thanh Chuong district.
