3 nabbed for illegal lumber in Palawan

CITY OF CALAPAN – Police arrested three men before midnight Saturday for possession of freshly cut mango lumber in Rizal, Palawan, a report from Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan (Mimaropa) police office said.

Farmers Arnold Espinosa, 39, and Dabs Owing, 21, and Jiboy Asandi, 26, were arrested at 11:50 p.m. when police, who were conducting a mobile patrol, spotted them in Barangay Punta Baja.

Confiscated from them were 14 pieces of freshly-cut mango lumber measuring about 151.1 board feet valued at P3,787.50 without any legal documents.

The lumber were onboard a motorcycle with a sidecar but without a plate number.

Suspects are now under police custody and will be charged for violation of Presidential Decree 1975 or the Revised Forestry Code.

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