Digboi, July 4 -- The Digboi Forest Division has dismantled seven illegal sawmills and seized a truck allegedly transporting illegally sourced timber from Arunachal Pradesh in a major crackdown on timber smuggling along the Assam-Arunachal border.

The operations were launched following intelligence inputs about an organised network allegedly involved in illegal tree felling, clandestine timber processing and interstate transportation of forest produce. Acting on the information, the Forest Department conducted coordinated raids across Digboi, Golai and Saraipung under the supervision of Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Rohini Kumar Das.

Officials said all seven unauthorised sawmills identified during the raids were demolished. Timber-pro...