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5 inter-state red sanders smugglers held
Five inter-state red sanders smugglers were arrested and the precious wood worth Rs 2.67 crore was seized from their possession under Chennur mandal in the district, police said today. A godown storing the red sanders was also raided at a village in Mahabubnagar district in the early hours on Tuesday, they said.
Kadapa: Five inter-state red sanders smugglers were arrested and the precious wood worth Rs 2.67 crore was seized from their possession under Chennur mandal in the district, police said today. A godown storing the red sanders was also raided at a village in Mahabubnagar district in the early hours on Tuesday, they said.
The red sanders anti-smuggling cell of police arrested the five inter-state smugglers of the precious wood near Kondapeta bridge in Chennur mandal of Kadapa last night, Superintendent of Police Dr Naveen Gulati told reporters here on Tuesday.The police seized 171 red sanders logs weighing 2.2 tons and 14 kgs red sanders beads worth Rs 2.67 crores, three cars, a lorry, seven cell phones and Rs 4,29,920 from them, he said.
The Chennur police has registered a case in this connection under IPC sections 379 (theft), 307, 120(b) and 109 and under relevant provisions of the Forest Act, he said. Those nabbed have been identified as Thimmasamudram Venkata Reddy (56), Mohammad Ali alias Ali Bhai (55), Jangala Veerabhadraiah (63), Kandula Raja Mohan Reddy (24) and Thimmasamudram Chengal Reddy (28), police said.
Venkata Reddy of Tirupati, against whom 13 criminal cases are pending in Kadapa, Chittoor, Tirupati and Kurnool, and Mohammad Ali, the native of Kumbhakonam town in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, are the key persons of the gang and close associates of some international and local red sanders smugglers, the SP said.
