A 38-year-old man was arrested for illegal extraction of redwood in Confresa (MT), about a thousand kilometers from Cuiabá (MT), in a Civil Police operation, on Monday night (28), which also seized 600 wooden chips.
A team from the Specialized Theft and Theft Police Station (DERF) approached the suspect, in a Mercedes Benz 1511 Blue Truck, on PA Porto Velho road, which gives access to the white village village in the rural area of Confresa.
When checking the truck’s body, the police found the brazil bodies. Upon being questioned, the man stated that he had carried approximately 300 chips on a rural property in the municipality and that the material should be delivered on a rural property in the city of Santa Terezinha, 100 km away. The truck and chips were seized and the suspect was taken to the Confresa Police Station.
On the morning of Tuesday (29), the investigators team went to the place where the suspect carried the loading. The investigated said there was the same amount of wood on site for a second trip, which was eventually proven by the agents.
The 300 cut chips were stacked in carriers, ready for transport. There was also an abandoned motorcycle and several items used to cut the wood, such as oil and fuel gallons.
According to PCMT, the investigated site is already known to the police forces for the extraction of wood. Investigations continue to investigate the others involved in the case.
Since 1992, Pau Brasil has been considered threatened with extinction and any extraction of this species without authorization is a crime.
This content was originally published in man is arrested with 300 redwood chips and another 300 were seized on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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