On the afternoon of August 7, a source from the Thang Binh District Police (Quang Nam) said that they had caught three suspects using chainsaws to cut down trees in the forest bordering Thang Binh and Tien Phuoc districts (Quang Nam).

According to this source, at around 10:00 a.m. the same day, the police of Binh Tri commune (Thang Binh district) coordinated with the forest rangers of this commune to discover five suspects using chainsaws to cut down trees in the forest in the above area.

Trees were cut down by illegal loggers. Photo: Contributor

Immediately afterwards, the authorities quickly caught three suspects red-handed, the remaining two suspects quickly fled the scene.

At the scene, authorities seized three chainsaws to serve the investigation.

The three arrested subjects are Huynh Ngoc An (born in 1961) and Le Tan (born in 1968, both residing in Tien Son commune, Tien Phuoc district) and Le Van Mot (born in 1967, residing in village 9, Binh Lam commune, Hiep Duc district, Quang Nam). After catching them red-handed, the Binh Tri commune police force took the three subjects to the commune headquarters to take their statements.

Evidence when three suspects were arrested. Photo: CTV

At the same time of bringing the subjects to the headquarters, the police of this commune also reported to the police of Thang Binh district and the district forest rangers to investigate.

Upon receiving the report, the two agencies quickly approached the case to take initial statements. Initially, the suspects confessed to having committed the above acts and that all three were working for someone else.

According to research, the forest area bordering Tien Phuoc and Thang Binh districts has recently been "hot" in terms of deforestation. It is estimated that up to now, about 3.5 hectares of forest have been illegally exploited.

According to PLO