But Seblario said he has the proper documents supporting his possession of the lumber.
DENR Regional Executive Director and Assistant Secretary Marlo Mendoza, who personally inspected the warehouse compound and coordinated the retrieval operation of all the seized forest products, pointed out that “no matter how hard they hide and conceal their illegal operations, eventually they will get caught.”
But he did admit that illegal loggers are “very creative” in concealing their lumber, and thus urged law enforcers to “be more creative” in their search for illegal forest products. “Here you can see that they really had the intention to conceal [the lumber]. They covered it with scrap wood and slabs so that when you look from afar, you will assume that there is nothing underneath it,” said Mendoza.||| pharmacy
“We hope that the people, together with the media, will take interest in the case and keep a close eye as it unfolds, to insure that there will be no whitewash in the case filed against the suspected illegal logger,” said Amante. (Erwin Mascariñas / MindaNews)
