Four arrested for stealing logs

BANJARNEGARA, Central Java: Four people were arrested Thursday for stealing pine logs from the Watubelah, Banjarnegara forest, security guards said yesterday.

Samingan, 35, Amir, 30, Mustajib, 37, and Jumahad, 38, were caught felling pine trees in the forest by locals who suspected the "strangers" of stealing pine trunks from the forest.

The security guards, in cooperation with local police, confiscated 24 pine trunks. The thieves said they usually operated at night. (wah/sur)