Navy, police tie up on wood theft

Navy, police tie up on wood theft

In attempts to stop rampant illegal logging in Indonesia, the
forestry ministry has signed a cooperation agreement with
National Police and the Navy.

The three institutes formalized their shared operations in
combating illegal logging during a meeting last week, Muhammad
Prakosa, the minister of forestry and plantations, said after the
meeting.

Under the arrangement, police have embarked on operation
Wanalaga and the Indonesian Navy operation Wanabahari, which aims
to monitor illegal logging.

Admiral Indroko Sastrowiryono, Indonesian navy staff chief,
said it had impounded eight vessels from East Kalimantan when
they were loading illegal logs to be smuggled to China, India and
Singapore. --JP