The illegally harvested wood was found in a 10-wheeler left unattended at the bypass of Mittraparb Road near Jor Hor-Pak Thong Chai intersection, Provincial Police Region 3 deputy commander Prasit Thamdee, who led the investigation, said.

The seizure came after officials at the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division, Region 3, received a tip-off that a gang of wood smugglers would deliver a large number of payung logs in a 10-wheel truck carrying a Surin-registered licence plate from Surin to Bangkok.

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