Timber smuggling bid using dump trucks foiled in Bintulu


KUCHING: The Sarawak Forest Department has foiled an attempt to smuggle illegal timber using dump trucks near the Kemena Industrial Estate in Bintulu.

Its director Datuk Hamden Mohammad said five men, comprising four locals and one foreign national, were arrested in a raid at 8.20pm on Friday (April 25) when department personnel were conducting prevention and enforcement activities around the estate.

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