ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / June 11, 2012) – Patrolling soldiers tumbled on a huge pile of illegally cut timbers in two hinterland villages in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, the military said Monday.
It said the discovery bolstered suspicion that illegal logging is rampant in Zamboanga’s hinterlands. It was not immediately known who were behind the cutting of trees near the watershed areas.
The military said the timbers were recovered in the villages of Tolosa and Lapacan.
Many of the illegally cut timbers were allegedly being sold to local lumberyards and furniture shops. (Mindanao Examiner)
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