Boats nabbed for illegal logging

Wed, 04 May 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BATAM, Riau Islands: Riau Islands police recently apprehended two
boats carrying 756 cubic meters of timber that were about to be
dispatched to neighboring Singapore, a senior police officer said
on Tuesday.

The boats were nabbed while sailing in the Durian Strait here,
said chief of Riau Islands provincial police Sr. Comr. Anton
Bachrul Alam. Ten crew and two boat captains were being
questioned as they failed to show police proper documents at the
time of the arrests, said Anton. If found guilty, they could face
a maximum sentence of five years in prison, said Anton. -- JP

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