AR seizes timbers, areca nuts
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 31 2024:
Assam Rifles seized timbers weighing over 3324 CFT worth around Rs 28.25 lakh in Z Choro area in Kamjong district on Sunday.
The Assam Rifles intercepted the timbers while they were being transported on 12 Indian trucks.
The confiscated timbers, as well as the drivers of the trucks, were turned over to the forest beat officer of Kamjong district, PRO IGAR (S) said in a release.
It also informed from March 20 to 31, the Assam Rifles made major seizures in Kamjong district, including 11,641 bags of areca nuts weighing over 1127.18 tonnes and valued at Rs 130.29 crore, as well as 41,857 CFT of timbers worth Rs 3.89 crore, according to the release.