Illegal loggers avoid arrest using strippers

Illegal loggers avoid arrest using strippers

RAHA, North Sumatra: Illegal loggers in the North Sumatra district of Muna have used female strippers to avert arrests by forestry guards, a local chief legislator said on Monday.

La Ode Maradala, head of the Muna district legislative council, said the women were ordered by their bosses to hide illegal teak wood.

If the women are seen collecting the teak by forest guards, they have been instructed to immediately strip to create uncertainty for the security officers.

Maradala said such a nasty trick appeared to be effective for the teak wood thieves in order to avoid arrest.

The women seemed determined to carry out such a novel arrest deterrent because they were afraid of being arrested and were also promised a huge reward from their bosses, he said. --Antara