Monghsat 19 March

Over 18 tons of illegal timbers together with one backhoe, two six-wheeled trucks and three motorbikes were seized in the town of Mongsat in eastern Shan state yesterday.

Shortly after information received, a joint contingent of departmental officials led by Major Pai Oo of local battalion rushed to the site east of Naungpha village in Menin village-tract. The authorities seized 169 sawn Padauk blocks weighing 18.6562 tons in total—nearly two tons of timbers on the two six-wheeled trucks and 16 tons of sawn timbers in the environs of the site together with one backhoe and three motorbikes abandoned.

Legal action is being taken according to the law.— Than Zaw ( Mongsat)
Translated by Khine Thaw