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In a associated operation, the Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) of Andhra Pradesh and the South East District constabulary of Delhi, conducted raid connected a godown successful Tughlakabad colony and seized 10 tonnes of reddish sanders worthy astir ₹10 crore.
The seized reddish sanders logs were smuggled from Tirupati to Delhi. Two inter-State reddish sander smugglers were arrested successful the case, said Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta.
In a connection issued present connected Tuesday, the DGP said that based connected credible information, the A.P. Intelligence, RSASTF and the Delhi constabulary carried retired the operation. The arrested see Irfan, a autochthonal of Tolichowki successful Hyderabad and Amit Sampat Pawar from Thane successful Navi Mumbai. Meanwhile, Irfan was arrested by Tirupati constabulary successful 2023 successful a akin case.
The accused acquired the reddish sanders logs from A.P. successful the archetypal week of August and second smuggled them to Delhi. During questioning, the duo confessed that they had planned to smuggle the logs to China and South Asian countries, wherever it has precocious worth for its medicinal properties. Further probe is on, the DGP said.
