In an inspection operation, in conjunction with police bodies, in three sectors of the Mérida state, commissions of the Ministry for Ecosocialism seized several lots of sawn wood and shelters of illegal origin and carried out the arrest in flagrance of seven people involved in the fact.
In this sense, in the Guayabones sector of El Vigía, Alberto Adriani municipality, a 350 -type vehicle was found with platform and a load of tables and planks that totals 43 pieces of cedar. During the procedure, three people were arrested, including a minor.
In another action by the authorities, which took place in the Vergel, Mucuchíes, of the Rangel municipality, 200 eucalyptus stars were confiscated, which were in a 350 truck, operated by two people, who had mobilization guides of forest products. The subjects were arrested.
In a third operation, carried out at kilometer 12 of El Vigía, of the Alberto Adriani municipality, two people were detected who made the felling and use of 14 trees illegally, which were sawn, of which 90 stooms took out. Individuals were also arrested.
The reports of the procedure were sent to the Prosecutor’s Office with competence in environmental matters to initiate investigations and determine the corresponding criminal responsibilities.
