police seize red sanders worth 5 cr
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 12:17 PM
Tirupati Nov 17: In a bid to eradicate smuggling, Tirupati Urban police have seized 15-tonne red sanders logs near Chennai worth Rs 5 crore on Thursday morning.
Urban SP Abhishek Mohanty said that "police had arrested a red sanders smuggler B Sreenivasulu and nine others from Nellore district and Tamil Nadu on November 14 at Amudur forest in Yerpedu Mandal and seized 21 logs and one Bolero Maxi truck."
They have added that "on Thursday morning, another smuggler Abdul Razak was arrested at Chennai by the police. on the information provided by him, Yerpedu SI and a special team of Urban police raided a red sanders godown run by one smuggler Beeda Rafi near the industrial area, Chennai and seized 595 red sanders root logs, 57 bags of red sanders powder weighing around 15 tonnes. "
"During the investigation, we got information on red sanders smuggling from Chennai to Malaysia and Hong Kong and we continue our investigation in the angle too. We are going to nab two more smugglers from TN soon" SP added.