PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Over P500,000 worth of illegally cut narra lumber was intercepted by the Kalinga Provincial Police Office and Regional Intelligence Division of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera in Barangay Catabugan here Tuesday, July 26.
Police said they received information from a concerned citizen that a black Isuzu 10-wheel dump truck with conduction sticker 034802 was loaded with illegally cut lumber.
The truck was intercepted at 9:30 a.m. and police found narra lumber in different dimensions without the proper documents.
Rodelio Licman dela Cruz, 42, of Magsaysay St., San Miguel, Bulacan, truck driver, was arrested.
Dela Cruz and the contraband were brought to Camp Juan M. Duyan, Bulanao Centro, Tabuk City.
Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer Imelda Casiwan conducted inventory and scaling of the confiscated lumber. She said 220 narra flitches in different dimensions with a total volume of 4, 807.67 board feet and valued at P575,920.22 were seized.