ILLEGAL logging remains unabated even as the military took over from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) the lead role in the government’s anti-illegal logging operations.

Capt. Jefferson Somero, spokesman, 1st Infantry Division (ID), disclosed on Wednesday that elements of the 35th Infantry Battalion, in coordination the local police and the DENR, have confiscated some 1,200 pieces of different dimensions of lawaan lumber during an operation at Barangay Libertad, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte.

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