BINTULU: Tip-offs from the public against illegal logging has been a key factor in numerous successful enforcement operations carried out by Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) and Marine Police under its National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS).
This was again manifested through the log seizures in Sebauh for the past two days. A total of 1,220 illegal short logs of various sizes and species were subsequently detained.
“Upon receiving information yesterday, the enforcement team comprising officers from SFC Bintulu Regional Office, One-Stop Compliance Centre (OSCC) Tubau and Marine Police was dispatched to a location at Batang Kemena, Sebauh on Monday.
They foiled an attempt to smuggle 200 illegal short logs of various sizes and species that had been tied into a raft.
The team continued checking the surrounding areas yesterday morning and subsequently discovered another 1,020 illegal short logs, believed to be extracted from a forest nearby.
“Upon checking, none of the logs bear any official markings and were subsequently detained upon confirming that no
license to extract timber has been issued at the area,” said a SFC spokesman. A report on the raid was lodged at the Bintulu Police Station.
The case will be handed over to the Forest Department for further investigation and disposal.
