Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ordered the arrest of the perpetrators. Smuggling to cut down giant maca trees at Ban Nam Nam, Wiang Sa District, Nan Province, after the Royal Forest Department worked proactively to catch them. Found a giant maka, 2 trees were cut, 2 more backhoes, ready to inform the Wiang Sa police station to expedite the arrangement.
Mr. Warawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, said he received a report from the Forest Resources Management Bureau 3 Phrae Branch at 1:30 am on November 21 to jointly seize the giant maca lumber. Number of 2 trees, 700 centimeters in height, 2 backhoe trucks in the area behind Nam Nam Village, Ai Na Lai Subdistrict, Wiang Sa District, Nan Province, has ordered and instructed the Royal Forest Department to take decisive action. and hastened to find the offender to punish according to the law
Mr. Warawut said Throughout the years, it has always emphasized that the Royal Forest Department maintains all existing forests intact. With the prevention of illegal logging and forest encroachment, all areas have been ordered to carry out intensive prevention and suppression of illegal logging. and continue to operate such as this arrest
Mr. Surachai Atolboon, Director-General of the Royal Forest Department added that For carrying out this seizure Located in a total of 2 areas, where 1 was found, a backhoe was found at the scene near the Makha Mong tree with traces of exhuming the tree and using a chainsaw to cut down 31 logs, the volume of 29.86 million baht. m and point 2, about 100 m apart, found a backhoe, 1 car, at the scene in a creek near a large macha-mong tree, fell down and cut into 4 pieces, with a volume of 1.79 cubic meters. Total 35 pieces of Makha wood, volume 55.18 cubic meters, representing the state damage of 1,931,300 baht.
Mr. Surachai said At the same time, Mr. Somchai Supapap, the head of the Forest Protection Unit at No. 14 (Mae Sakorn) to file a complaint against the investigating officer at Wiang Sa police station, Nan province.
