Illegally Logged Rosewood Seized In Kratie Operation
The Kratie Provincial Court yesterday charged a truck driver with illegally collecting and transporting luxury wood after forestry officers last week confiscated 148 pieces of luxury wood totalling 31.2 cubic meters from his truck, which had been transporting the timber along National Road 7 in Sambor district’s Damrei commune, a local official said. “The truck driver, Sok Borey, 20, confessed that the luxury wood was being transported from Ratanakiri,” Mey Vuthy, chief of administration in O’Krieng commune, adding that officials are investigating the haul’s owner. Mr. Vuthy said the arrest and subsequent charges were a part of a crackdown on the illegal timber trade, which environmental and rights groups say has grown rampant in recent months. …
