Myanmar seizes over 600 tons of illegal timbers in single week

A forest officers looking at the pile of logs at a holding area along the Yangon river in Yangon. Myanmar authorities recently seized over 626.1 tons of illegal timbers across the country in a week, state-run media reported on Saturday (Feb 29). - AFP

YANGON: Myanmar authorities recently seized over 626.1 tons of illegal timbers across the country in a week, state-run media reported on Saturday (Feb 29).

The seizures which were made from Feb. 17 to 23 included over 230.8 tons of teak, over 116.5 tons of hardwood and over 278.7 tons of other types of timbers, Forest Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation was quoted as saying.