Sarawak GOF busts illegal logging, seizes RM3.3mil in timber and assets


KUCHING: The Sarawak Brigade General Operations Force (GOF) smashed an illegal logging operation in the Julau district yesterday, seizing timber and equipment valued at approximately RM3.3mil.

Sarawak GOF Brigade Commander SAC Dr Che Ghazali Che Awang said in the Ops Taring Libas raid at 7.30am, the GOF team also arrested five local men aged between 34 and 59, along with a 45-year-old Indonesian man.

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