Trucks with smuggled logs seized

Trucks with smuggled logs seized

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Security forces here have seized
at least 17 trucks carrying smuggled logs at the Entikong
checkpoint in West Kalimantan, which borders Indonesia and
Malaysia.

Officials at the province's forestry office said on Monday the
trucks were seized on Saturday when visiting Minister of Forestry
M. Prakosa made an air inspection by helicopter at the border
area.

At least six of the trucks, which tried to smuggle logs from
West Kalimantan, had Malaysia's vehicle registration numbers, the
local officials said.

The case has been handed over by the West Kalimantan forestry
office to the local police for further legal processing.

Prakosa told journalists during the visit that the Malaysian
government decided on June 24 to stop wood imports from
Indonesia. --Antara