The anti-illegal logging operation of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Bulacan resulted in the seizure of 22,000 board feet of illegally sourced lumber of premium species mostly Dipterocarps in a lumberyard in Baliuag town worth 1.2 million pesos.
Likewise, combined operatives of the National Bureau (NBI) environmental crime division and the DENR, seized yesterday 56,000 board feet of illegally source lumber of premium hardwood species composed of Narra, Kamagong, Tindalo Tanguile, Yakal, Mayapis and Benguet Pine worth P3.2 million in a joint operation in a warehouse allegedly owned by a certain Ricky Yu. Said agencies are now filing charges against Mr. Yu and other four perpetrators for violating provisions of the revised Forestry Code of the Philippines.
The crack down on illegal logging also led to a series of raids on establishment selling hot lumber including those located in a village in Guagua town in Pampanga. (-30-)
