Timber busts made in Stung Treng, Mondulkiri

The ongoing nationwide crackdown on illegal logging in Cambodia has produced another pair of high-profile busts touted by the national military police.

On 9 March, alleged smugglers in Stung Treng were busted attempting to sneak three tractor-loads of luxury wood into Laos.

The day before, some 10,000 cubic metres of illegal timber were found on a conservation site in Mondulkiri province, according to provincial military police commander Sak Sarang.

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