Latest update January 28th, 2025 12:59 AM
Latest News
- ‘With hands on oil money, Govt. ditches promise to set up Petroleum Commission’ -Shurwayne Holder
- Oil minister lashes PNC for failing to commit to renegotiation of Exxon deal while Gov’t refuses to do same
- Drug trade putting tremendous strain on security forces – Min. Benn
- New Cotton Field Secondary School to cost $1.7B
- Shadow foreign minister calls out CARICOM over silence in face of recent aggression by Venezuela
Forestry officers seize truck with illegal wood
A sub-section of the branch of the Forestry division at Charity, Essequibo Coast, confiscated some 4000″bm”, of illegal Mannicole wood, being transported in a truck at Siriki, Upper Pomeroon River, on Sunday night.
According to officers, the illegal wood belongs to someone from Siriki, but no one has claimed ownership.
The report added that as Forestry officers were conducting their search the owner of the 4000 bm wood fled the scene at the first sight of the officers.
A man who was filtering information to the Forestry officers said that someone hired his truck to conduct their business.
The seized Mannicole wood is presently in the procession of Forestry.
A report was lodged at the Charity Police outpost. The truck driver is assisting both the police and officers at Forestry with their investigations.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
‘Govt. must come clean on gas-to-energy project’
– spending US$2B on a project without financial, environmental studies is criminality at its worst – WPA Kaieteur... more
OAS Secretary General Election and renewed OAS Consensus
Antiguan Barbudan Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The upcoming election... more
Weekend Cartoon
