Trio Arraigned for Illegally Logging in Monkey Bay

A trio of loggers, including a Guatemalan national, was arraigned earlier today for illegally felling trees within the Monkey Bay National Park back in January.  The men were charged jointly for four offenses, including unlawful cutting of forest produce, unlawful possession of forest produce, unlawful conversion of Mahogany using a chainsaw and unlawful collection of forest produce.  Forty-two-year-old Tyrell Banner, a truck driver of Camalote Village, his son, nineteen-year-old Kaylon Gabourel, and Guatemalan national David Morales Sandoval, a resident of Salvapan, appeared before a senior magistrate this morning where they were read the four charges.  They pleaded not guilty to the offense and were offered bail in the sum of eight thousand dollars, or two sureties of four thousand dollars.  During the arraignment, the senior magistrate inquired about the length of time that it took for the men to be brought up on charges.  According to a representative of the Forestry Department, they had to seek legal advice on how to proceed with the charges.  The matter was adjourned to July tenth, 2024.