By Five individuals were arrested after being allegedly caught cutting coconut trees without a permit in Pinamalayan town on Tuesday, police said in a report on Wednesday.
Personnel of the Pinamalayan Municipal Police Station, led by Police Lt. Col. Joel G. Paningbatan, responded to a report from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and conducted a joint operation in Sitio Langka, Barangay Inclanay.
At the site, authorities discovered 14 illegally cut coconut trees, several pieces of sawn coconut lumber, and a white Isuzu Elf truck loaded with coconut lumber.
