Red Sanders Task Force personnel, on Saturday, seized purple sanders logs worth ₹75 lakh and arrested three smugglers close to Kavali within the Nellore district.
Superintendent of Police (Task Force) Okay. Chakravarthy advised the media in Tirupati {that a} process pressure staff had launched inspections from the Rapur vary of Penusila Narasimha wildlife sanctuary on Friday.
On Saturday morning, the staff noticed a batch of operatives shifting suspiciously in a forest close to Kavali. The combing get together might apprehend three of them and the others had fled into the close by forests, he stated.
The nabbed smuggling operatives had been recognized as Uday Bhaskar (57) of Nellore, Bhaskar (39) of Badvel, and Riyaz (29) of Balapalle. Three others, hailing from Railway Kodur and Yerpedu had been absconding. The seized logs had been shifted to the Task Force godown at Tirupati. A case was registered.