Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro – Police Regional Office MIMAROPA led by Police Brigadier General ROGER L QUESADA, has arrested four (4) individuals during the regionwide anti-illegal logging operation conducted on February 8 and 9, 2024.

Police reports revealed that joint personnel from Sablayan Municipal Police Station and DENR-CENRO Sablayan, arrested, alias “Jody” (55), and alias “Ben” (43), who were caught in the act of transporting lumbers in Brgy. Ligaya, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro.

Confiscated from the suspect’s possession were Red Rusi Racal Chariot 175 (conveyance vehicle), and approximately 116.66 board feet of Bangkal specie with an estimated value of PhP5,833.00.

Furthermore, personnel from 2nd SOU Maritime Group Coron MSBC together with Coron Municipal Police Station and Palawan PPO Provincial Intelligence Unit, apprehended alias “Uldarico” (52), and alias “RJ” (34), after being caught in actual possession and control of undocumented chainsaw and lumbers in Sitio Digueboy, Brgy Guadalupe, Coron, Palawan.

Authorities confiscated one (1) STIHL 070 6.5HP chainsaw with corroded serial number, and seven (7) pieces of fresh cut Dumaran round timbers from the suspects’ possession.

The arrested suspects are now under police custody pending the filing of charges for the violation of Presidential Decree No. 705 otherwise known as the Forestry Reform Code of the Philippines.