120 logs worth over RM10,000 seized from Pulau Kerto

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Logs worth about RM10,200 seized from the raided vessel at Pulau Kerto.

SIBU: Marine Police seized about 120 logs, a vessel and a crane during an operation on Thursday at Pulau Kerto here where they also arrested a man.

The logs are estimated to be worth RM10,200, while the vessel and the crane are worth about RM170,000 and RM40,000, respectively.

ASP Syahruddin Ramli led a team of personnel from Marine Police and the state Forest Department in the morning raid of the log-laden vessel under ‘Ops Landai’.

It is reported that there is neither royalty nor property marks issued by the Forest Department on any of the logs.

The arrested man, said to be the skipper of the vessel, could not produce the required documents when asked by the authorities.

It is an offence under Section 90 of the Forest Ordinance 2015 for obtaining jungle produce without any approved permission, or those that do not bear any royalty or property stamp.