Elephants destroy oil palms

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A herd of elephants rampaged through an oil palm plantation belonging to settlers and a private company in SP7 Teunom, West Aceh, Antara reported on Tuesday.

Chandra, general manager of PT Tiga Mitra Perdana, said about 200 hectares of the plantation were destroyed by the elephants, which came from nearby forests.

Most of the trees were barely two years old, he said. (01)