COPRA, COCO lumber and good lumber (Lawaan), all without proper documentation, were seized at the Jubasan Port in Northern Samar earlier this week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported yesterday. The forest products were contained in a closed-wing truck with plate number WAQ 238, coming from Pambujan, Northern Samar and bound for Matnog and Legazpi City, Albay. The driver of the truck attempted to directly board the roll-on, roll-off M/V Mac Bryan vessel without passing through mandatory inspection. Joint elements of the PCG-Station Northern Samar, police, Community Environment and Natural Resources Office-Catarman, and the Philippine Coconut Authority carried out the operation, which led to the arrest of the driver and seizure of the goods.

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