Smuggled items, illicit timber seized in Bhaderwah

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DODA — Forest Protection Force (FPF) on Sunday busted a hideout of smugglers and seized large quantity of illicit timber in Bhaderwah area of Doda district.

According to reports reaching here, the sleuths of FPF acting on a specific information raided in Chinar Mohalla sawmill. The premises has been sealed and the machine dismantled.

District forest officer Chander Shekhar said that following inputs regarding dumping of illicit timber, “we have successfully managed to bust the hideout of smugglers in the area.”

He said during the raid, the FPF have seized a huge cache of illicit sawn timber, 10 numbers of deodar logs to the tune of 37 Cft approximately.

“The parts of the machines, like wheels, belt and Chundi etc were seized. The confiscation proceedings have been initiated under Section 52 of Indian Forest Act,” he added.

The officer further said, “Our special priority is always to save our forests from the smugglers.” He said that the drive will continue against smugglers so that police be able to put a full stop on timber mafia.

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