PASIR PUTEH: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized timber worth RM6.3 million during a raid on a wood-processing factory in Gong Padang Setol here yesterday.
GOF Southeast Brigade commander Senior Assistant Commissioner Ahmad Radzi Hussain said two Indonesian men were detained in the raid.
He said the operation was part of Op Taring Wawasan Kelantan and carried out following public tip-offs.
“A GOF team from the Eighth Battalion raided the factory about 2pm.
“The 53-year-old local factory owner failed to produce the required forest transfer pass for processing timber at the site.”
Radzi said 900 logs of various species and sizes, along with 16,700 processed timber pieces, were later seized.
Several wood-processing machines and equipment were also confiscated.
The seized items have been handed over to the Kelantan Forestry Department.
The case is being investigated under Section 3(2) of the Wood-Based Industries Enactment 1985, as well as Sections 55E and 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1953/69.
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