Timber worth lakhs seized, 3 held
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Mir TariqBandipora, Sep 12: Police at Ningli curve on the Sppore- Tarzoo road caught a truck loaded with willow sleepers last night and arrested three smugglers. SHO Sopore Shafiq Ahmed told Rising Kashmir that large number of willow sleepers, which were being smuggled illegally from Ningli plantation, were seized from a truck bearing No JKO5-7653. He said the market value of the recovered wood was estimated around Rs 6 lakh.
Shafiq said the police had been receiving information from the past few months that timber smugglers were active in the area located on the bank of Wular Lake. “On these inputs, we conducted a raid and arrested the three smugglers and recovered the smuggled timber,” he said.SHO identified the arrested timber smugglers as Rafiq Ahmed Malla, Nazir Ahmed Malla and JavidAhmed Sheikh, all residents of Ningli Sopore. He said that the trio had allegedly purchased the illegal timber in Ningli Plantation from some forest employees.He said that the timber was being smuggled towards Baramulla. “A case bearing No 230/08/US has been registered under section 379/RC 6FA,” he said.Police sources said it was the biggest catch of illegal timber during past five months.When contacted, Range officer Ningli Range Shabir Ahmed Sheikh refused to comment.