BINMALEY - The police here have strengthened their campaign against violators of forestry laws with the interception in barangay Baay Pulong last Tuesday of an elf truck loaded with 500 board feet of sawed off lumber.

Supt. Rodolfo Dimas, chief of police here, said the lumber of “bitaog” and mango trees were loaded on the truck driven by one Rogelio Diaz, 62, of San Carlos City.

The truck from San Carlos City managed to elude checkpoints until it reached Baay Pulong where the lumber cargo was intended to be unloaded.

Dimas said the driver of the truck could not produce any document issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources authorizing such shipment.

The logs were impounded at the local police station and will not be released unless the owners come forward to present their documents.

Charges are now being prepared against the elf truck driver who has refused to identify the owner of the timber. -  APE