Three cases of illegal timber transportation were arrested in one day.
(Baonghean.vn) - On December 31, 2013, Mobile Forest Ranger Team and PCCCR Team No. 1 discovered and arrested 3 cases of illegal timber transportation on National Highway 7 passing through Tuong Duong (volume of nearly 9 m3 of various types of timber.
In the first case, at around 2:30 a.m. on December 31, the Team discovered and arrested Vo Van Danh, who was driving a pickup truck with license plate 37C.062.56 carrying 1.3 m3 of sawn timber in the trunk through Luu Kien commune, Tuong Duong. In the second case, at around 3 a.m., the Team discovered a transport truck with license plate 37C.045.56 passing through the Cua Rao area of Xa Luong commune, Tuong Duong. Upon inspection, they found 0.5 m3 of timber sawn into slabs hidden on top of ginger sacks.
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| Illegal timber mixed in ginger sacks |
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| Trucks carrying large volumes of over 7 m3 of various types of wood |
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| Illegal timber is also cut into small pieces and transported by pickup truck. |
According to the confession of the subject transporting Vu Van Tan in Thai Nguyen, the above amount of wood was transported from Nam Can-Ky Son. In the third case at 5:00 a.m., the Team continued to discover and arrest a truck with license plate 37C-745 carrying a large amount of illegal wood, over 7 m3 of various types of wood, in Tam Dinh-Tuong Duong commune. The driver fled. Currently, the amount of wood and the vehicle carrying the wood have been seized and processed.
Van Truong
