Authorities Fire Weapons During Seziure of Rosewood
Forestry officials and police in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district seized a car transporting more than 100 pieces of illegally logged rosewood on Wednesday night, the 10th haul of the luxury wood in the province since January, according to a court official. Despite the efforts of the illegal loggers to throw police off the chase by having their associates block a road, the forestry officers managed to seize a Toyota Camry full of rosewood after firing their guns in the air. “I ordered the police to shoot into the air to threaten the loggers escort car, which was trying to block us,” said Ty Sovanthal, Siem Reap Provincial Prosecutor, who was at the scene. …
