CHACHOENGSAO, 11 July 2014, – Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) officials in Chachoengsao and other related units have jointly busted an illegal rosewood logging and smuggling ring in Kho Ang Lue Nai Wildlife Reserve, seizing more than 400,000 baht worth of the rare wood.
A combined force of military officers, rangers, wildlife reserve securities, and provincial Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB)’s officials yesterday busted a rosewood logging ring operating in Kho Ang Lue Nai and Kwaerabom-Seeyad National Parks.
The officials seized three log trucks, pickup trucks loaded with rosewood logs worth more than 400,000 baht, and 30 meth pills. They also rounded up five suspects who confessed to their crimes, saying they were paid 10,000 baht each by their influential clients to transfer the logs from both local and remote areas.
They also claimed that their operation has been aided by several corrupt government officials.
