Illegal logging ring smashed, NT$100 million in timber seized

A special team organized by three district prosecutors offices in central and southern Taiwan arrested 22 suspected members of an illegal logging ring and seized 50 tonnes of timber worth more than NT$100 million (US$3.32 million) during a raid last week, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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