Cabinda – Six DR Congo citizens were detained, on Friday, by the National Police (PN) in the commune of Tando-Zinze, northern province of Cabinda, due to illegal felling of trees.
The PN informs in a press release sent to ANGOP on Sunday that the accused were arrested while felling unspecified quantities of trees in the village of Bungo-Fuana, for the manufacture of charcoal.
The report states that, in addition to felling three trunks and bags of coal, chainsaws, tools used to cut down forest resources, were found at the place.
The note adds that similar actions will continue in several locations in this northern region of the country, to discourage this practice and hold its perpetrators accountable.
The Mayombe forest is the most extensive in Cabinda Province, whose forest resources are often devastated by foreign citizens.
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