Illicit timber seized, 3 smugglers arrested

STATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Police on Monday nabbed three smugglers and recovered illicit timber from their possession.
As per details, acting on specific information regarding illicit timber smuggling, a party from Police Station Latti led by SDPO Chennai and SHO Police Station Latti arrested three timber smugglers and seized logs of illicit timber from their possession in forest area of Latti.
The timbers smugglers were identified as Mohd Sadiq, son of Mohd. Yousuf; Mansoor Ahmed, son of Siraj Din and Mansooz Hussain, son of Siraj Din, all residents of Chapper Bandole, Latti. They were arrested along with automatic wood cutter and two iron axes. In this connection, a case vide FIR No. 01/2021 under Sections 379 and 109 of IPC and Section 6 of Forest Act was registered at Police Station Latti.