Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Wooden logs seized by Uppinangady Police

On 04/12/2007 at 1700 hrs PSI Uppinangady PS along with his staff on credible information intercepted a lorry bearing Reg. No. MYH-7926 at Punekal Thekkaru village Belthangady Taluk and seized 33 teak wood logs that were being transported illegally by arresting Aboobakkar (70), Abdul Khader (40), Suryaprakash (40), Aboobakkar (25), and Sahul Hameed (40). The lorry has also been seized. However Ismail and Umaramma managed to escape.

The total value of property seized is worth Rs. 4,00,000/. In this connection, a case has been registered in Uppinangady PS under the Karnataka Forest Act.