Prohibited rosewood seized en route to China
Police in Oudomxay province last week seized some 47 rosewood timbers and 25 partially-processed rosewoods weighing 2,534 kilogrammes in total loaded inside the container-like truck, which carried a Vientiane number plate reportedly being transported from Vientiane en route to China, a provincial police official said on 29 June. The expensive rosewood is prohibited from being logged in Laos and the government has also prohibited the export of all types of unfinished wood products. The provincial police in charge told Vientiane Times on 29 June that the investigative report has been submitted to the provincial Police Headquarters.
