LUCENA CITY —- Police seized illegally cut coconut lumber worth P180,000 in a checkpoint in General Luna town in Quezon province shortly before midnight Thursday, June 3.
A report from General Luna police said authorities flagged down a Fuzo truck loaded with 1,200 pieces of cut coconut lumber totaling around 7,200 board feet (16.99 cubic meters) in a checkpoint in Barangay San Jose at 11:55 p.m.
The police said the driver, Onesimo Barte, and his passenger, Jhon Angelo Cuenca, failed to produce a permit from the Philippine Coconut Authority for the cargo, which prompted the authorities to confiscate the hot lumber and impound the vehicle.
The suspects were detained at the …
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