5 people arrested in the case of transporting wood from Yok Don National Park
"Phuong Rau" led and organized his followers to transport precious wood from Yok Don National Park in Dak Lak to a processing factory in Dak Nong.
On the evening of May 3, Lieutenant Colonel Pham Thanh Binh - Chief of Staff, Dak Nong Police said that the investigation agency had prosecuted and detainedPhan Huu Phuong (50 years old), Nguyen Hoang Trang (37 years old), Ho Trong Dung (53 years old), Tran Luu Lan (38 years old) and Duong Quoc Bao (28 years old) returned home.behaviorViolations of regulations on forest exploitation, protection and forest product managementaccording to article 232 of the Penal Code.
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Illegal timber "boss" Phan Huu Phuong at the investigation agency. Photo:Police |
According to initial investigation, Phan Huu Phuong, also known as "Phuong Rau", is a notorious "boss" of illegal timber trading and processing in Cu Jut district, Dak Nong province.The rest are all juniors helping Phuong.
Early morning of April 27,Lan and Dung drove two trucks carrying more than 40 cubic meters of illegal wood.from the assembly area at Sub-region 464, Yok Don National Park, Dak Lak province to Phuong's workshop in EaT'linh town, Cu Jut district.On the way, two vehicles were attacked by the force ofThe Ministry of Public Security caught red-handed.
From the testimony of the two drivers, cPolice urgently searched 5 wood gathering locations, including Phuong's private home, confiscating 210 cubic meters of round wood without legal documents, along with a number of trucks, tractors, saws... used to exploit and transport wood and many related documents.
Yesterday, 4 officers at Border Guard Stations 747 and 749 (Dak Lak Border Guard) were suspended from work for lack of responsibility, allowing "Phuong Rau's" illegal timber trucks to pass through easily.
