Myanmar seizes over 60 tons of illegal timbers

YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized over 60 tons of illegal timbers across the country in a week, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Wednesday.

From Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, they confiscated over 22.30 tons of teak, over 5.41 tons of hardwood and over 33.38 tons of other types of timbers in the country’s regions, states and Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, the report said.

During this period, 17 offenders were charged in connection with the cases, along with the seizure of ten vehicles and machines, it added.

The Forest Department has been cracking down on illegal logging and trading of forest products and is committed to implementing tree plantation projects in substitution.

-Xinhua