Trucks impounded for illegal logs

Trucks impounded for illegal logs

PADANG, West Sumatra: West Sumatra Police on Saturday
impounded eight trucks and questioned their drivers for
transporting logs without proper documentation from several areas
in the province.

West Sumatra Police chief of detectives, Sr. Comr. Octavianus
Far Far, said: "We don't know who are the owners of the illegal
logs. We are still gathering information from the truck drivers
among others."

Preliminary questioning showed that the logs were transported
from Pesisir Selatan and Solok regencies and were en route to a
saw mill in Padang.

Five trucks were stopped from Bungus and Teluk Kabung while
the remaining three were impounded in the Lubuk Paraku area.

Octavianus also suspected that security personnel helped to
provide backup for the illegal logging activities.

"We have yet to find the security personnel behind this
illegal logging. If they are caught red-handed, they will be
dismissed from the police force," he said. (28)