Published on March 29, 2013 by TFP · No Comments
BANGKOK, 28 March 2013 (NNT) รข€" One hundred and thirty chunks of Siamese rosewood have been confiscated in Mukdahan Province while being smuggled out of the country.
The police said the arrest was made at the CITES checkpoint in Mukdahan where a cold storage truck was ordered to stop for an inspection. The police found 130 Siamese rosewood chunks packed in the cold storage. The truck belonged to Betagro Company.
The driver has been taken into custody for further investigation, while related persons will be summoned for interrogation.
According the police, smugglers were employing new techniques in transporting rosewood out of the country. People are therefore urged to help keep an eye on the practice and report suspicious activities to the police.
The Siamese rosewood has just recently been listed on the CITES Appendix 2. This means that trade in the wood can take place, under permission of the exporting country and the importing country. The listing also requires measures to prevent a decline in the number of the species in nature to the point that puts the wood at risk of extinction. The originating country of the wood must also be specified in the trading process. Such developments make it harder to smuggle the wood out of Thailand for selling in other countries.
(NNT: Thammarat Pramotmaneerat)
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Source: http://www.news.thethailandlinks.com/2013/03/29/130-siamese-rosewood-chunks-confiscated-in-mukdahan/
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