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APPROX. 08 QUINTALS OF KHAIR WOOD LOGS RECOVERED/ SEIZED BY J&K POLICE KATHUA AT NHW RAJBAGH & SEIZED 01 MAHINDRA LOAD CARRIER INVOLVED.
Inderjeet Raina. Dated: 12/4/2024 7:44:25 PM
APPROX. 08 QUINTALS OF KHAIR WOOD LOGS RECOVERED/ SEIZED BY J&K POLICE KATHUA AT NHW RAJBAGH & SEIZED 01 MAHINDRA LOAD CARRIER INVOLVED.
KATHUA; 04 DEC:- J&K Police Kathua seized one Mahindra Load Carrier vehicle laden with "Khair Wood" logs (weighing approx.08 Quintals) in the jurisdictional area of PS Rajbagh which were allegedly being smuggled from NHW Rajbagh area and 01 person was arrested alongwith the said vehicle which was seized in this connection.
On 03.12.2024 an information was received at PS Rajbagh through reliable sources that one vehicle is indulged in the Smuggling/Theft of Banned Wood (Khair) of Forest Produce, and doing the illegal "Trade of Smuggling" of Wood(Khair) without any valid document and permission which is loaded in a vehicle (Mahindra Load Carrier) bearing Reg. No. JK08E-7032 and proceeding towards the NHW Rajbagh side.
Following a tip off about the smuggling of Khair wood, the police team of PS Rajbagh under the guidance of SDPO Border and SHO PS Rajbagh laid a naka and intercepted the said vehicle bearing Reg. No. JK08E-7032 which was driven by a person namely 1. Ashok Kumar S/o Krishan Lal R/o Salalpur Tehsil Marheen District Kathua who was indulged in smuggling of Khair Wood. During checking it was found that the said vehicle was laden with approx. 08 quintals of Khair Wood logs, when asked for any valid permission the accused person could not produce any document related to the sale and purchase of the khair wood and therefore, the recovered Khair wood logs (weighing approx. 08 quintals) alongwith said vehicle was seized and 01 person was arrested on the spot. A case vide FIR No. 253/2024 U/S 303(2) BNS, 26/33 Forest Act was registered at PS Rajbagh and further investigation was taken up.