Logs seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 17 2017:
Altogether 14 truck loads of timber which were heading toward Nagaland have been seized by Forest and Environment Minister Th Shyamkumar at Finch Corner (Kamjong-Ukhrul junction) .
Acting on a specific tip off that logs were being smuggled out from Kamjong, Th Shyamkumar halted on the way to Imphal and waited for the timber-laden trucks.
He was heading for Imphal today after attending the opening ceremony of Shirui Lily Festival at Shirui village before he stopped mid way.
He stopped the trucks at Finch Corner and impounded them together with the logs.
While 12 trucks were found carrying Khangra timber, the other two were found laden with pine wood.
He handed over the seized trucks and timber to the Ukhrul DFO, Kamjong Forest Range Officer and the nearest police station with an instruction to take up necessary action, informed a source.