THE state Forestry Department believes that Agarwood tree poachers had camped in the Cherok Tokun Hill forest reserve for days while looking for the highly-prized trees to chop down.
Department staff Mohd Nasir Ahmad said a canopy, cooking utensils and food found in the forest reserve showed that the poachers would identify a tree in the day before chopping it down at night.
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