Illegal rosewood seized from overturned cruiser

Authorities in Preah Vihear province on Monday confiscated one ton of illegally logged rosewood from a Land Cruiser that had crashed after careening out of control on a sharp bend, environment officials said yesterday. The vehicle was found in the early hours of Monday, overturned on National Route 62, driverless and with a stash of 48 pieces of rosewood, each about one meter long and 20 to 30cm wide, according to Yan Bunsoeun, an environment official in the Boeung Par wildlife sanctuary…