Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 6: Police in Ganderbal have today seized illicit timber and arrested the accused person involved in the commission of the crime.
Acting on specific information regarding timber smuggling, a police party led by SHO, PS Gund under the supervision of SDPO Kangan raided the upper reaches of forest cover at Compartment No.36 Sindh Range Kangan and seized the illegally dumped forest timber in the compartment.
Police also arrested the smuggler identified as Muneer Ahmed Bijran son of Dilpazeer Bijran resident of Hilpati Gund.
During preliminary questioning, police said, it came to the surface that the accused person had cut down forest trees and kept them hidden in the forest compartment to sell the illicit timber.
Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 08/2023 under relevant sections of law has been registered at PS Gund and an investigation has been initiated.
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