Red sanders dumps seized in Chittoor, Kadapa
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Forest officials displaying seized red sanders logs at Railway Kodur in Kadapa district on Saturday.
Combing parties of the Forest Department and the Red Sanders Task Force seized red sanders dumps at two separate places in Kadapa and Chittoor districts on Saturday.
Divisional Forest Officer (Rajampeta) G. Srinivasulu told the media at Railway Kodur that four striking forces teams were formed to comb the Seshachalam hills in the division. One team noticed the movement of two Srikalahasti-based red sanders smuggling operatives near Railway Kodur and took them into custody.
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20 logs weighing 549 tonnes were seized.
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Andhra Pradesh: Superintendent of Police K.K.N. Anburajan inspects the redsander logs seized from notorious inter-state smuggler Simpathi Fakruddin in Kadapa on Sunday.
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20 logs weighing 549 tonnes were seized. Kadapa police recovered a huge haul of red-sander logs and arrested twelve smugglers, including notorious inter-state criminal S. Fakruddin, who hails from Khadarpalli in Chapadu mandal with a criminal background in red-sanders smuggling. He had once been to jail after getting arrested under the PD Act.
Fakruddin was instrumental in bringing workers from Tamil Nadu on tree-felling work and chopping huge quantities of the precious logs in Rayachoti, Chennur, Guvvalacheruvu, Lakkireddipalle and Siddhavatam forest areas of the district.