By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga
Personnel from the Hinoba-an municipal police and the Negros Occidental Provincial Legal Office raided an illegal logging site in Barangay Damutan, Hinoba-an, yesterday morning.
According to Provincial Legal Officer, Atty. Jose Maria Valencia, the area was part of a 50-hectare property once owned by the now-defunct Insular Lumber Company.
Several century-old trees were confiscated following the raid, while the suspects fled the scene upon spotting the operatives.
Valencia noted, the value of the trees has yet to be determined.
An investigation into the matter is ongoing,/DGB, WDJ
