Driver arrested for log transport

By Jennelyn Mondejar

UMINGAN, Pangasinan -- With the continuing campaign to protect the forests, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office confiscated recently log bolts of acacia tree loaded on an Isuzu Forward truck in Barangay Dakit, here, police reported.

From a tip by a concern citizen, police located the truck with license plates RDA-302 and arrested its driver, Marlon Busalpa, of legal age, and a resident of Gen. Tenio, Nueva Ecija. The 20 log bolts of acacia tree were about to be transported to Madrigal Woodcraft in Plaridel, Bulacan, when police intercepted and seized the hot logs.