Police seize 13,000 cu. m. of timber

Police seize 13,000 cu. m. of timber

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: A top police officer revealed on
Wednesday that police had seized some 13,000 cubic meters of
illegal timber in Talisayan forest, Berau regency, East
Kalimantan, in an operation at the end of May.

East Kalimantan Provincial Police chief Insp. Gen. Budi Utomo
said that police arrested five people after the operation, three
of whom were owners of three timber companies, while two others
were company employees.

This year alone, the police had arrested 54 illegal logging
suspects, including the five, he said. -- JP