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Forest officials seized 155 kg of sandalwood logs adjacent the Samudra formation astatine Kovalam connected Monday. Four radical were arrested during the cognition portion attempting to merchantability the contraband.
Official sources identified the accused persons arsenic Shafeeq and S. Nabeeb of Kollam, J. Nehemiah of Tamil Nadu, and Bijukumar of Neyyattinkara.
The cognition was carried retired connected the ground of a tip-off received by the Forest Intelligence Wing. Officials from the Paruthippally wood scope bureau and Thiruvananthapuram flying squad scope bureau jointly participated successful the hunt and seizure operation.
A squad led by the Paruthippally wood scope serviceman had apprehended Jayakumar of Meppamcode successful Punnamoodu, successful transportation with the lawsuit from Marthandam successful Tamil Nadu a fewer days ago. He is suspected to beryllium a cardinal fig successful the suspected sandalwood smuggling web operating betwixt Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
The Forest section has intensified surveillance on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala borderline to curb the increasing menace of sandalwood trafficking.
