YANGON, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have arrested 22 suspects involved in an alleged smuggling of timber across the country in the past two weeks, official daily The Mirror reported on Thursday.
From April 8 to April 21, the authorities arrested the suspects and seized 637.65 tons of timber, 12 vehicles and machines, the report said.
The confiscated timber included 52.96 tons of teak, 164.25 tons of hardwood and 420.43 tons of other types of timber, it said.
The Forest Department under the country's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has been cracking down on illegal logging and trading of forest products, it said. ■