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Antananarivo – A Tanzanian vessel loaded with thousands of logs was seized by Madagascar authorities and 13 crew members were arrested on Monday.

The Tanzanian ship was carrying logs of the rare and precious red ruby coloured rosewood.

The wood is popularly used to carve items such as vases and guitar boxes and is being smuggled out of the country at alarming rates.

An estimated 2,135 logs of the prized wood was found stranded on a beach of the island nation where logging has been restricted and export is now banned to save the endangered tree.

“It was a Tanzanian ship that had developed a technical problem,” the director of police security and intelligence Colonel Anthony Rakotoarison .

It is believed the rosewood logs were on Transit via Tanzania to another destination.

The new President of Madagascar President Hery Rajaonarimampianina has vowed to end the plundering of the country’s resources.

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