AR seizes smuggled timbers
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 22 2019:
Troops of Assam Rifles apprehended four individuals and seized four trucks of timbers smuggled from Joupi to Imphal on December 20 .
Based on information received from sources regarding movement of four trucks loaded with illegal timbers from Joupi to Imphal, troops of Assam Rifles established a vehicle check post in general area Langmeidong and seized the loaded vehicles.
The teams of Wangoo Police Station and Forest Department, Kakching, respectively apprehended the four drivers and confiscated the illegal consignment.
The confiscated timbers known as Khangra weighed approximately 60 tonnes and worth about Rs 40 lakh, said a statement of PRO IGAR (South) .
The drivers of four vehicles along with illegal consignment have been handed over to Wangoo Police Station for further investigation, said AR .