Drivers grilled over illegal timber

JAMBI: Jambi Police officers arrested on Friday the drivers of two trucks, who were transporting 60 cubic meters of illegally felled logs of various timbers, a senior police officer said on Saturday.

The drivers were apprehended on the outskirts of Jambi as they traveled toward Jakarta, said Jambi Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Djoko Turrochman.

The truck drivers were unable to produce permits for the timber, he said. -- JP