Bytarayanapura Police nabs Six inter-state red sandalwood smugglers,seizes 1693 kgs of Sandalwood logs worth Rs.2.6 crore

Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar

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he West Division police of Bytarayanapura police busted an inter state red sanders smuggling racket arrested six persons in two separate cases and seized 1693 kgs of red sanders worth Rs.2.6 crore from them.

The accused has been identified as,Vinod and his five associates.

Senior officer told reporters,the Bytarayanapura police inspector,Shankar Nayak GK received a credible information from his reliable inputs that red sandalwood smugglers are waiting with wooden logs to sell it to their clients.

As soon as the information was passed inspector and his crime team swung into action and rushed to spot the team kept a close watch on the duo and after getting confirmation that they are in possession of sandalwood logs PI, Shankar Nayak and his team surrounded the area

The accused were waiting for their clients in two wheeler to sell the endemic wood pieces when a team of police led by Shankar Naik raided new timber layout near Satellite bus stand and caught Vinod Rajendra red handed seized 17 kilos of red sanders and a bike from him .

The team grilled him and took him into custody and Based on his information the police raided his house in Hesaraghatta and recovered 1580 kilos of red sanders which they hided in sump tank.

A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that he was part of the inter state gang which gets the consignment from the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to sell the wood and share the profit with his associates .

The accused were using motocycles to smuggle wood in small quantities in the bagpacks from the neighbouring state to hoodwink staff at the check post and police .

Based on his information,the police team raided underpass junction on NICE road Nandi link road and arrested four persons and recovered 113 kilos of red sanders from them.

The police are now investigating to ascertain the smuggling network and where such a huge quantity of red sanders were going to a detailed investigation will be done by the team to ascertain their network.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,C H Pratap Reddy has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Laxman B Nimbargi,ACP, Kodandarama T,PI,Shankar Naik GK,PSI,Sanjeev MN,and crime staff as,Raghu,Kumar,Nagesh Rao, Bhanuprakash,Shekar,Mahesh P,Manju Nayak,Devaraju,Shivanna,Avinash,Mogaliya Naik,Mahesh KC,Basangouda,Shashi Kumar and others has been appreciated for the exemplary and meticulous investigation done by them in nabbing the six Red sanders smugglers and busting the racket and recovering huge quantity of red Sandalwood logs or pieces from them a suitable reward will be given to whole team for the exemplary work done by them he added