Navy arrests 4 Cambodian rosewood smugglers

10 May 2013
Pattaya Mail
Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
Cambodian fishing boats / illegal logging / luxury wood / Rayong Bay / rosewood / Royal Thai Navy / Royal Thai Navy ships / Siamese rosewood / Thailand / The HTMS Chao Phray / Vietnamese waters

Royal Thai Navy ships intercepted a Cambodian fishing boat illegally smuggling 10 million baht in Siamese rosewood out of the kingdom. ... The HTMS Chao Phraya staffed with military, customs and forestry office personnel captured the 18-meter-long fishing vessel carrying 296 logs in its fish holds April 28 in Rayong Bay. ... Navy officials said the smuggled logs were to be offloaded in Vietnamese waters. ...

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