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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.
Red sanders logs seized, 12 held
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Notorious ‘inter-State criminal’ among the arrested
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Notorious ‘inter-State criminal’ among the arrested
In a series of offensives on smuggling operatives, the Kadapa police, in a huge haul, seized red sanders logs and arrested 12 persons, including alleged notorious inter-State criminal Simpathi Fakruddin.
He 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 assignments and chopping a huge quantity of precious red sanders logs in Rayachoti, Chennur, Guvvalacheruvu, Lakkireddipalle, and Siddavatam forest areas of the district. He used to transport the logs to Chennai as well as Katigenahalli, the red sanders smuggling den, near Bengaluru. “As he remained out of bounds for the department in the recent past, we formed