Illegal sander wood seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 25 2014:
Discovering the transportation of illegal wildlife products, 20 Assam Rifles of 26 Sector AR established a vehicle check post at Khonjol road near Larong and reportedly apprehended four persons alongwith illegal red sander wood on March 24 .
According to a PRO IGAR (S) release, the suspicious vehicle, a Shaktiman truck (MN-07T-0031), travelling from Pallel to Moreh was stopped by the troops of 20 AR and on a thorough check of the vehicle about 1900 kgs of illegal red sander wood were recovered.
The approximate cost of these logs is 90 lakhs, maintained the release and identified the four as SR Akhun (38) s/o SR Paotha of Larong Khonou (Chandel), Md Korung Maring (driver), aged 34 yrs s/o Md Yaima, of Parcntong (Chandel), Akhup Lamkang (goods owners), aged 54 yrs, s/o Wangtoi Lamkang of Khudengthabi near Moreh (Chandel) and Abdul Kuduskan (37) s/o Hakim of Thoudam Irong Thokchom (Thoubal).
The apprehendees alongwith the recovered items were handed over to Forest Department Imphal West, added the release.