Ops Khazanah nets illegal logs worth RM20K

BINTULU: Marine police seized 86 logs of various species worth more than RM20,000 in an operations dubbed ‘Ops Khazanah’ last Saturday (Feb 6). Marine Police Region 5 commanding officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin said its intelligence unit carried out the operations at Batu 28, Bintulu-Miri road. During the operations, the team stopped a lorry and inspected […]

Illegal logging foiled, two locals arrested

SIBU: The 10th Battalion General Operations Force (GOF) successfully foiled an illegal logging activity and arrested two locals in Kanowit last Thursday. GOF Sarawak brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said a logging area in Nanga Lupus suspected of carrying out illegal logging activities, was raided and inspected around 10.20am. Inspections resulted in the discovery of […]

Machineries, illegal logs detained

KAPIT: Two machineries and 46 various types and sizes of illegal logs were detained on Nov 3. This was made possible through a joint operation between the Sarawak Forest Department (SFD) and General Operation Force (GOF), according to a statement issued today. The incident took place here at Sungai Sut around 6pm. SFD said the […]

Lorry driver detained for transporting illegal logs

SIBU: A lorry driver was detained for transporting illegal logs at Jalan Wawasan, Sungai Merah here on Nov 1. State Security and Enforcement Unit (UKPN) personnel together with Sibu police detained the suspect around 4.30pm after receiving information from the public. UPKN on Monday (Nov 16) said inspection on the lorry found that it was […]

GOF team seizes illegal logs worth over RM400k

SIBU: The 10th Battalion General Operations Force (GOF) seized illegally-felled logs worth an estimate RM455,500 on Tuesday. In a statement yesterday, the GOF team inspected a logging area in Batu 10, Jalan Sibu around 5pm during an operation codenamed Ops Libau. “When the team arrived at the location, three workers were cutting logs, and they […]