7 red sander 'smugglers' held; vehicles, 30 logs seized in AP

June 16, 2015 00:39

The police today arrested seven alleged smugglers and seized 30 red sander logs besides three vehicles from them in two separate incidents.

The arrests and seizures were made this morning near Kamalapuram on Ballari-Tirupathi highway and at Sugali Bidiki on Kurnool-Chittoor National Highway, said Kadapa district Superintendent of Police G Ashok Kumar.

Talking to media persons here, he said based on specific inputs, a Special Task Force team chased and nabbed Amarendra Raju, D V S Prasad and N Venkataramana, all suspected red sander smugglers, and seized a Scorpio car and 20 logs of the precious wood.

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