Mozambique: Five Detained for Illegal Transport of Timber in Tete

Maputo — The Mozambican authorities have detained five individuals allegedly involved in illegal transport of timber on the border between the districts of Chiúta and Moatize, in the central province of Tete.

During the operation, the National Environmental Quality Control Agency (AQUA), in coordination with the Mozambican Police (PRM), as part of measures to control and protect forest resources, dismantled three articulated trucks transporting huge amounts of timber at the Dona Rosa Fixed…