Kota Kinabalu, 26th September 2021 - Some 10,000kg of tangar tree barks illegally taken from a wetland forest reserve were found abandoned in Sabah’s north eastern Beluran district.
A team of policemen from the General Operations Force (GOF) working in collaboration with state Forestry Department and WWF Malaysia found the tangar barks worth RM350,000 in a boat that was apparently abandoned by the culprits.
Sabah GOF Commander, SAC Tuan Abdul Rani Alias said, that the wood barks were believed to have been obtained from the swamp in the Sungai Paitan Forest Reserve, Jamboangan Island and also Sungai Sugut, all located in the east coast Beluran district.
He said the boat could have been brought in by the suspects from the Philippines.
The operation, code-named Op Khazanah Bersepadu, was carried out at around 2.00 afternoon on Friday.
Read further on The Star’s article attached.