The wood seized on January 16.
According to the Dak Nong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, a man was found transporting wood in his homemade vehicle near the Bu Chap Border Guard Station on January 16.
The man, identified as Y Ngai Nie, 19, who resides in the neighbouring Cu M'gar District, failed to show papers showing the origins of the wood.
From the man's statement, local border guard officers checked a nearby protective forest and found that 569 trees had been felled down and cut into pieces waiting to be transported.
Nearly 600 trees are felled down in a protective forest in Dak Nong Province.
More than 32 cubic metres of wood were found left at the site.
Also, based on the statement from Y Ngai Nie, Dak Nong police and border guard officers summoned seven other suspects allegedly involved in the forest destruction case.
Dak Nong Police are investigating the case further.
