MAITUM, Sarangani (October 4, 2011) - Sawn lumber (guiho and yakal) recovered at sitio Labudog, barangay Upo, Maitum are taken into custody by military and police. Elements of Maitum police Station led by SPO2 Jesus Dollente together with 73rd Infantry Battalion troops led by 1st Lt. Ferdinand Ragos, environment office representative Rico Nola, Councilor Kubli Kusin, and Upo barangay Capt. Sebastian Paralejas conducted an operation against reported illegal cutting of trees at the hinterland of Upo on September 30. The suspects abandoned three illegally cut trees, 5,000 board feet of lumber, a chain saw and fuel containers. (PO2 Mark Orlan Barbosa/MAITUM POLICE STATION)