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Wednesday, June 15, 2005 (Philippines)
| An aerial shot of a village in the timber-rich island of Basilan in the southern Philippines. Troops from the 55th Infantry Battalion seized more than 25,000 flitches of illegally-cut lumber in Basilan, south of Zamboanga City. (Sun.Star Zamboanga/ Al Jacinto) |
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GOVERNMENT troops stormed a hideout of illegal loggers in the southern Philippine island of Basilan and seized more than 25,000 fitches of lumber before it could be transported to Zamboanga City, officials said on Tuesday.
Officials said illegal wood cutters scampered and fled deep into the jungle when they saw the soldiers, and left behind a huge stack of lumber.
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