Ambulance caught transporting smuggled woods

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Ambulance caught transporting smuggled woods

Forest rangers in the central highlands province of Kon Tum on Thursday found 31 Tracwood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) slats worth approximately VND100 million (U$5,000) that have unclear origin on an ambulance of a local taxi firm.

ambulance The ambulance caught transporting 31 Tracwood slats on July 5, 2012. Photo: Tuoi Tre

The driver tried to flee away but was arrested later, they said.

37-year-old Nguyen Dinh Tu, the driver, confessed to the rangers that a friend of his in Pleiku, a neighboring province of Kon Tum, had him transport it.

The Hung Nhan firm, the ambulance’s owner, is suspected to misuse the Red Cross emblem.

Ksor H’Nhan, chairman of the Red Cross in Gia Lai province, said they only give its memberships, who have to provide humanitarian aid to people in need, the permission to use the emblem.

“They [Hung Nhan taxi firm] have yet to receive any permission from local authorities to use the Red Cross emblem,” she claimed.

The origin of the woods is being investigated.

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The 31 Tracwood slats. Photo: Tuoi Tre

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