9 suspects arrested for trafficking timber in Myanmar

YANGON: Myanmar authorities have arrested nine suspects for allegedly trafficking timber across the country, the state-run media The Mirror reported on Thursday.

From Feb. 26 to March 3 this year, the authorities captured suspects and seized over 139.45 tons of timber and 4 vehicles and machines, the media report said.

The seized timber included over 44.32 tons of teak, over 15.96 tons of hardwood and over 79.16 tons of other types of timber, it said.

The Forest Department under the country’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has been cracking down on illegal logging and trading of forest products through various methods, it said.

-Xinhua