Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro – Two (2) individuals were arrested during an anti-illegal logging operation conducted in Coron, Palawan on Sunday, July 21, 2024.

A police report revealed that personnel from 2nd SOU Maritime Group Coron MSBC together with Coron Municipal Police Station, Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD), and DENR CENRO Coron, arrested alias “Jonnel” aged 30, and alias “Jore” aged 20, who were caught in actual possession and control of Laho lumbers without a permit from concerned agencies in Brgy. Poblacion 1, Coron, Palawan at around 8:20 AM.

Confiscated from the suspects’ possession were approximately 146 bft. of Laho lumbers with an estimated street value of PhP8,760.00 and other paraphernalia.

The arrested suspects are now under police custody pending the filing of charges for the violation of Section 77 of Presidential Decree 705.