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	Armed officials, following Article 25 of the National Reserve Forest Act, removed about 400 rubber trees in the Khao Prabangkram Wildlife Sanctuary in Krabi&rsquo;s Klong Thom district.&nbsp;</div>
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	The trees were around eight years old and had been planted on a 5-rai or 0.8 hectare plot of land.</div>
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	The trees are believed to have been planted by palm oil farmers.&nbsp;</div>
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	Wildlife sanctuary officials cut down the rubber trees after nobody showed up to claim ownership of the plantation.&nbsp;</div>
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	The operation was completed without any problems.&nbsp;</div>
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	During a crackdown on forest encroachers in 2013, an official was shot dead and one was injured. This time, officials watch one another&rsquo;s backs in a bid to prevent similar assaults.&nbsp;</div>
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Hundreds of rubber trees removed from Krabi wildlife sanctuary

MORE THAN 40 forest rangers and wildlife sanctuary officials yesterday teamed up to cut down rubber trees illegally planted at a wildlife sanctuary.