Colombia's military seized 450 tons of illegally felled timber on Thursday from two boats in the port town of Buenaventura on the Pacific Coast, according to In Sight, which reports on organized crime in Mexico and South America.
Colombia's military seized 450 tons of illegally felled timber on Thursday from two boats in the port town of Buenaventura on the Pacific Coast, according to In Sight, which reports on organized crime in Mexico and South America.
The boat operators did not possess necessary licenses for felling wood, which may have come from the country's southwest, near its border with Ecuador. While the maximum penalty for trafficking illegal timber in Colombia is 13 years, no arrests were made, In Sight reported.
In Sight cited Colombia's military and the media outlet La Opinion as its sources. It did not report what species the illegal timber was.
