Senapati police seize timbers worth more than Rs 2 crore
Source: The Sangai Express
Senapati, March 20 2020:
Senapati Police, at around 4 pm today, detained 19 trucks loaded with timber which were being smuggled out of the State, at Henbung along NH-2.As per a report, around 2,392 timbers were seized from the 19 trucks while they were travelling from Imphal to Dimapur.
The checking was carried out under the supervision of Senapati SP M Pradip Singh and this is one of the biggest quantities of timber seized by Senapati police in recent years.
Mention can be made that the State Government passed the Manipur Forest Act, 1971, to control deforestation and encroachment of forest areas for other purposes.
All the drivers of the trucks apprehended today, were mainly from Manipur, the source added.