Illegal timber detained on the land of the Head of the Department of Internal Affairs in Quang Nam

On November 27, the Quang Nam Provincial Forest Protection Department said that it had just reported on the case of inspection and verification based on the content of a citizen's complaint about illegal timber storage.

The amount of wood found on Mr. Vo Van Ba's land. Photo: SX

Upon receiving the application, the Forest Protection Department coordinated with the Phuoc Son District Forest Protection Department and the Kham Duc Town Police, Phuoc Son District to verify.

Through inspection, it was determined that the land lot (opposite house number 49 Quang Trung Street, Kham Duc Town, Phuoc Son District) illegally stored 14 round logs, with a volume of 2.052m3 and 77 boxes and sawn timber bars with a volume of 2.881m3.

The owner of this land lot is Mr. Vo Van Ba (born in 1975, house number 49 Quang Trung street, Kham Duc town, Phuoc Son district).

Currently, this amount of wood is being temporarily detained by the authorities. Photo: SX

According to the report, the owner of the above forest products (wood) is Mr. Vo Van Nho (Reporter - brother of Mr. Vo Van Ba), residing in residential block 5, Kham Duc town. Mr. Nho stated that in 2014-2015, he bought this wood from local people and some of the wood had legal origin, the wood purchase records were lost a long time ago.

The working group established a record of the violation according to regulations and brought all the above-mentioned evidence (wood) to Phuoc Son District Forest Protection Department for temporary detention and preservation; at the same time, handed over all records and evidence of the violation to Phuoc Son District Forest Protection Department for further investigation, verification and handling according to legal regulations.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tam-giu-go-lau-nam-tren-dat-truong-phong-noi-vu-o-quang-nam-2219923.html