Trucks hauling luxury wood busted

23 April 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Crime and law enforcement / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Government / Land / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
Chbar Mon City / Forestry Administration / Kompong Speu Provincial Court / Sihanoukville Autonomous Port

Police in Kompong Speu province on Monday night stopped three container trucks on National Road 4 bound for Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, seizing more than 100 logs of illegal luxury wood, officials said. Provincial economic police chief Nhem Sao said that his officers and police from Chbar Mon City stopped the trucks after a joint investigation involving the provincial forestry department and the provincial court. ... Kompong Speu forestry officials could not be reached, but according to a provincial police official who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the case, two arrests were made and the suspects are now in custody at the provincial Forestry Administration office. ...

 Saing Soenthrith
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