160 illegal logs worth over RM400k seized
SIBU: Marine police here seized 160 illegal logs worth more than RM400,000 in an operation at Pulau Dudong, Batang Rajang here on Thursday (Dec 1). Sibu district police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili in a statement yesterday said the operation codenamed ‘Ops Pensura’ was carried out around 9 am on Dec 1. “During the operation, a […]
Marine police seize diesel, logs worth RM280k
SIBU: Marine police seized 5,000 litres of diesel and 250 logs with a total value of RM280,000 in two operations here yesterday. Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the first operation codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’ was carried out around 2.30am near Pulau Kerto, Batang Rajang. “A team of marine police managed to stop a cargo […]
717 illegally felled logs seized
SIBU: The Forest Department here had successfully disrupted illegal logging activities in Selangau District. According to its statement today, its enforcement team found seven piles of logs comprising 717 logs of various species and sizes at Batu 36 area, Jalan No, Tamin, Selangau. “It is believed that they were illegally logged as there were no […]
Sarawak Forestry Corporation’s unrelenting efforts bearing fruit
KUCHING: As of September this year, over 3,500 live animals and 4,206 illegal logs, including mangrove poles in totally protected areas (TPAs), have been seized by the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC). SFC chief executive officer and controller of wildlife Zolkipli Mohamad Aton said in the same period, 361 protected plants, 1,024kg of wildlife meat and […]
Illegal logs, vessel valued at RM4.4 mln seized
BINTULU: A cargo vessel transporting 929 logs of various types and sizes worth RM185,800 were detained by Bintulu Marine Police last Friday. Along with the logs, the vessel and a radio, a life craft, six fire extinguishers, 10 life jackets, an excavator, a radar and a compass on board, worth a total of RM4,417,000 were […]
Forest guards find illegal logs buried at three places
KANOWIT: Sibu regional forest enforcement unit recovered 226 various types and sizes of illegal logs that were buried in the ground at three different locations around Sungai Lipus here. Sarawak Forestry Department (SFD) director Datuk Hamden Mohamad stated that the logs were recovered around 12pm on April 19 and 20. “The logs were earlier detected […]
42 illegal logs seized
BINTULU: The Bintulu Region 5 Marine Police Force (PPM) seized 42 logs worth RM16,800, discovered by the side of the road about 6.2km from the junction of Ladang Samling (Akasia) Sungai Sera, Samarakan on Wednesday (Apr 21). Bintulu PPM Operations Headquarters Commanding Officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin said seizure was carried out in accordance with the […]
Marine police seize illegal timber logs
BINTULU: The marine police here seized 26 timber logs worth RM10,400 in an operation codenamed Ops Landai Covid-19 on Monday. Region 5 marine police commander ACP Shamsol Kassim said the operation took place around 5.30pm near the Sebauh intersection at Mile 15, Jalan Bintulu-Miri. A team stopped a suspicious lorry loaded with timber logs for […]
Two lorries with illegal logs seized
SIBU: A team of Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) enforcement officers together with the General Operations Force (PGA) detained and seized two lorries with a load of 53 logs of various sizes and species in the Jalan Pasai Siong area here on Tuesday (Feb 23). FDS, in a statement on Wednesday (Feb 24), said the value […]
Illegal logs worth over RM9k seized
BINTULU: The Bintulu Region 5 Marine Police Force (PPM) seized 37 logs worth RM9,250 in Ops Landai in the Kemena Industrial area, last night. Bintulu PPM Operations Headquarters Commanding Officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin said the confiscation according to the Sarawak Forestry Ordinance was carried out by five members of the Bintulu PPM Marine Intelligence Unit. […]
