KUCHING, Feb 20 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak Brigade General Operations Force (GOF) busted illegal logging activities and confiscated logs worth more than RM3.2 million in an operation codenamed “Op Taring Libas” yesterday.
Sarawak Brigade Commander SAC Dr Che Ghazali Che Awang said the operation, conducted at 9.30 am in an area in Saratok, led to the arrest of three local men, aged between 36 and 56, and the seizure of 85 logs and six vehicles with a total value of RM3,223,000.
The three men and the seizure were then handed over to the Sri Aman Division Forestry Department for further action and investigation under the Sarawak Forests Ordinance, he said in a statement here today.
Meanwhile, in Op Taring Bravo 3 conducted in Padawan and Kota Samarahan, Che Ghazali said the GOF raided and inspected two premises suspected of being used as a place to store imported livestock products without a valid permit.
He said two men and three women aged between 23 and 55 were detained for investigation and the GOF team also seized 36,178 kilogrammes of frozen chicken and beef at the premises.
"Also confiscated were two containers and three vehicles of various types,” he said, adding that those arrested and seized goods, worth RM1,602,500, were handed over to the Sarawak Veterinary Department for further action.
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