One person was arrested and the vehicle transporting the product was immobilized.

A total of 28 tons of charcoal were seized in the Camilo Torres neighborhood, del Distrito de Riohacha, in an operation carried out by members of the National Police (Criminal Investigation Group).

El material confiscado estaba distribuido en 28 bags which, according to the report of the authorities, would be transferred to the department of Bolívar. During the diligence a person was arrested and the vehicle in which the product was transported was immobilized because at the time of the inspection the documents were not provided., nor authorizations for the use and transport of the forest resource, issued by the environmental authority.

The charcoal will be delivered to Corpoguajira, entity that will advance the administrative actions that proceed in this case.

“We strongly reject this act.. We continue to strengthen the articulated actions between the Corporation and the authorities to effectively combat environmental crimes in the department. Charcoal production greatly affects our biological diversity, increasing deforestation rates, la pérdida del hábitat de innumerables especies, la emisión de gases efecto invernadero, accelerates the phenomenon of climate variability and contributes to desertification and drought”, explained Samuel Lanao Robles, General Manager Corpoguajira.

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According to the investigations, the impacted forest resource corresponds to the guayacán de bola species., which is protected by the figure of regional ban, established by the Board of Directors of Corpoguajira, and categorized in critical condition (CR) for the Department.

Corpoguajira invites all the inhabitants of the department to denounce any fact that represents a danger to the environment, conservation of natural resources and biodiversity, through the green lines 3116353704, 3116865392 and 3185858383.