ABULUG, Cagayan -- Police seized 11,000 board feet of alleged illegally sawn lumber worth P700,000 in Barangay Lucban here Saturday.
The Provincial Intelligence Unit received a report that sawn lumber was seen stockpiled in an open lot.
Police proceeded the area and recovered approximately 11,000 board feet of different kinds of sawn lumber composed of red and white lawan and narra species with estimated market value of more or less P700,000.
The stockpile was believed to be owned by a contractor known as “Joma."
Abulug police have coordinated with CENRO Sanchez Mira for the conduct of scaling of the seized evidence.