Nine apprehended for illegal logging

Nine apprehended for illegal logging

MANADO, North Sulawesi: A senior police officer revealed on
Thursday that police had arrested nine people and seized 57 cubic
meters of illegal logs from them. The illegal loggers were
apprehended at Bitung port last week, said Bitung Police chief
Adj. Sr. Comr. Ahsanur Rozimi. "We made the arrests after
receiving information that three vessels docked in the port were
laden with undocumented logs," said Rozimi.

The illegal logs and the vessels' crews are now being detained
at North Sulawesi Provincial Police Headquarters.

Besides arresting the illegal loggers, the Bitung Police also
confiscated 41 tons of diesel that was destined to be smuggled
abroad. The ship carrying the fuel was detained last week at
Lembe island in North Sulawesi.-- Antara