South Aceh Police Arrest Five Illegal Logging Suspects
Source: Antara News - March 19, 2008 Tapaktuan, S Aceh Sumatra
South Aceh police arrested five people suspected of having engaged in illegal logging in Samadua sub district on Wednesday.
"Police and forest rangers arrested the suspects and seized a quantity of logs and chainsaws from them," South Aceh Police Chief Adj Sr Comm Cahyo Budisiswanto said.
The five men were arrested as they were unable to show the required permit to fell forest trees, Budisiswanto said.
The suspects, all residents of Samadua sub district, were identified as Yns (37), Ftd (34), Mrl (35), ML (35) dan Zkl (28), he said.Budisiswanto thanked members of the local community who had tipped off the police about the five men`s illegal logging activity.