Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 5: The police today seized 105 cubic feet of illicit timber in Baramulla district and arrested three individuals involved in the commission of the crime.
A police party from Police Station Uri, led by SHO PS Uri, under the supervision of SDPO Uri Shokat Ali, apprehended two timber smugglers identified as Farooq Ahmad Jungle, son of Noor Wali, and Mashkoor Ahmad Jungle, son of Noor Din, both residents of Nambla C Uri, involved in the illicit cutting down of forest timber.
Based on their disclosure, the police recovered 57 cubic feet of illicit wooden planks of forest timber in Nambla C Uri.
Similarly, a police party from PP Mirgund, under the supervision of SDPO Pattan Mohd Nawaz, arrested a drug smuggler identified as Manzoor Ahmad Dar, son of Ali Mohammad, a resident of Khanpeth, involved in the illicit cutting down of forest timber.
“On his disclosure, 48 cubic feet of illicit wooden planks of forest timber were recovered in Khanpeth Singhpora,” the police said.
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