Discovered transporting illegal timber, illegal loggers set fire to their own vehicle and escaped.

When the authorities stopped their vehicle for inspection, the group of people transporting wood by motorbike burned their vehicle, left behind the evidence and escaped.

Da Huoai district police are examining the scene.

As of the evening of September 8, Da Huoai District Police (Lam Dong) were still investigating the scene and clarifying the group of people transporting illegal timber who burned their own vehicles and obstructed law enforcement officers.

The incident occurred at around 3:00 p.m. the same day at the suspension bridge of inter-village road 2 (Da Oai commune, Da Huoai district).

Initial information said that while on patrol, the Da Huoai Forest Ranger Department and the Mobile Forest Ranger Team (Team 12) discovered 3 subjects riding 3 motorbikes with unknown license plates carrying many logs.

Wooden logs measuring 2m to 2.5m in length were seized at the scene.

When the authorities asked them to stop the car for inspection, the group threw wood off the car, one of them set fire to the car, and then all three ran away.

After that, the subjects mobilized many other people to the scene to fight with the authorities to "free" the confiscated wood. The Forest Protection Department had to notify the Da Huoai District Police to send forces to support.

At the scene, authorities seized 5 logs of wood (unknown species) measuring 2m to 2.5m long with a diameter of 16cm to 20cm, a "specialized" motorbike for going into the forest and another one that had been burned./.

According to Tuoi Tre