TUGUEGARAO CITY – Authorities seized at least 5,000 board feet of undocumented hardwood lumber in an anti-illegal logging operation in Cagayan on Friday.
In a statement Saturday, Police Regional Office 2 (Cagayan Valley) director, Brig. Gen. Crizaldo Nieves said members of the local police, 4th Maneuver Force Platoon, and Cagayan Mobile Force Company-Casambalangan Patrol Base seized narra and kamagong sawn lumber stockpiled in a lot in Sitio Canigim, Barangay Patunungan in Sta. Ana town.
Three suspects were arrested in the operation -- Boy Damaso, Johny Damaso, and Rodel Abaya.
The lot was traced to a company owned by a certain "Mr. Alingog" of Cauayan City, Isabela.
The seized contraband was brought to the Sta. Ana police for documentation and disposition.
The suspects will be charged with violation of the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines. (PNA)