What happened to the "treasure of the town and village" cypress tree that was stolen?

In Luochuan County, Shaanxi Province, a cypress tree in Peijiahe Village, which was regarded as the "treasure of the town and village", was stolen and felled overnight.

This cypress tree is located at the entrance of the old village of Peijiahe Village. Due to the relocation of immigrants in recent years, there are only about 20 people living in the old village, and most of them are elderly people. The cypress trees that had accompanied the village for generations were stolen and cut down, causing many villagers to fall into grief. "The tree has been there for thousands of years. It's so sad. People in the village can't eat or sleep well these days. Not to mention the elderly, even us young people feel very angry." On July 2, mentioning the situation in the village Villager Pei Yanlong still felt aggrieved about the theft of the cypress tree.

On the morning of June 30, some villagers discovered that the cypress tree at the entrance of the village had been cut down, and the straight tree body had been transported away, leaving only a stump about one meter high and scattered branches. "It should have been illegally felled by criminals on the night of June 29. We called the police as soon as we found out." Pei Yanlong said that the diameter of the cypress tree is more than 1 meter, and the elders in the village said it is thousands of years old. , the cypress trees grew very luxuriantly and were regarded by the whole village as the "treasure of the town and village".

On July 2, an on-duty staff member of the Luochuan County Forestry Bureau said that he did not know about the stolen logging of the cypress tree in Peijiahe Village. Whether the cypress tree was an ancient tree and whether it was included in the protection of ancient trees The directory needs to be checked after work starts on July 3 before it can be determined.

The police officer responsible for handling the case from the Luochuan County Forest Public Security Bureau said that they went to the scene as soon as possible after receiving the report from the villagers, took it very seriously, and have now opened a case for investigation. As for whether the tree is an ancient tree, it is not convenient to disclose because the case is still under investigation.