Tamil Nadu Police seized huge amount of Red sanders

Tiruvallur, Sept 24: The Tamil Nadu Police have seized the huge amount of Red sanders at Tiruvallur district on Saturday and also seized an SUV with 17 red sanders logs weighing more than three-fourths of a tonne, while the passengers fled.

According to information, the task force combing party spotted the SUV at Srinivasa Mangapuram at the foothills of Tirumala around 5 a.m. Though they chased the vehicle up to Puttur close to Tamil Nadu border, the vehicle gave a slip to the task force personnel.

A FIR was filed at the Task Force police station immediately. Around 10 a.m., acting on information that the vehicle was seized by the Tamil Nadu police, the task force personnel reached Tiruttani and initiated steps to shift the seized contraband to Tirupati.

The IG of the Task Force had spoken to the SP of Tiruvallur and furnished the details of the FIR filed at the Task Force station.

This is the third time that the Tamil Nadu police handed over the seizures made in their jurisdiction to the Andhra Pradesh Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force.