The APF Border Security Office seized a total of 20 logs of red sandalwood from a truck (B2 Kh 8723) during a regular security check at its checkpoint.[break]
According SP Kamal Giri, Chief at Lamosanghu –based, Border Security Office, they recovered the red sandalwood which were draped with sacks and hidden in the truck loaded with rice straw.
According to Giri, they have taken under control the driver Purna Tamang, 19, and his assistant Sonam Tamang, 17, of Karthali-4 of the district in connection with the crime.
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