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EARTH-2026-0003
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Acting on a resident's tip, police from the 1st Apayao Provincial Mobile Force Company and the Santa Marcela Municipal Police Station, with DENR-CENRO personnel, caught nine men loading tanguile flitches into a dump truck in Barangay Sipa on 2 February 2026. The lumber totalled 5,213.3 board feet with an estimated market value of P365,071. The suspects, seven from Pudtol, one from Kabugao and one from La Trinidad, Benguet, could not present transport permits and are held at the Santa Marcela police station for violation of Presidential Decree 705.
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Daily Tribune · Feb 3, 2026
Good Morning Baguio · Feb 3, 2026
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A resident tipped police about undocumented forest products being transported in Barangay Sipa.
Recorded by Local resident
Nine men were arrested while loading 5,213.3 board feet of tanguile flitches into a dump truck; charges under PD 705 were prepared.
Recorded by Police Regional Office-Cordillera and DENR-CENRO
The measured result
Taken on a return visit after the work was done, not estimated on the day.