Vijayawada, July 23 -- The police and forest officials have seized 35.6 metric tonnes of red sanders by conducting special operations in four states and arrested 1,239 woodcutters and smugglers during the last two years.
Informing this to the deputy Chief Minister K Pawan Kalyan at a review meeting, the officials said that 506 cases were registered against the red sander smugglers, while 372 vehicles used for transporting red sander logs were seized.
The officials said they conducted special operations in Gujarat, Delhi, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and seized 35.6 metric tonnes of red sanders during the last two years. The Preventive Detention Act (PD Act) was invoked against 12 notorious red sander smugglers, the officials said adding that ...