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Pune Crime Files: How 'Rakt Chandan' smugglers exploited loophole in Customs clearance
July 14, 2025 5:01 pm
The police's probe into red sandalwood smuggling has shown that Pune is a major transit point for smuggling red sandalwood to international markets via Mumbai.
Red sandalwood logs worth Rs 25 lakh seized, three detained in Surat
February 24, 2022 4:21 am
The officials claimed to have found 23 logs of red sandalwood weighing 570 kilogram hidden in a room in the backyard the house.
Red sandalwood smuggler arrested, timber worth Rs 2 crore seized: cops
June 05, 2019 9:38 pm
A resident of Darjeeling in West Bengal, 41-year-old Amit Verma was arrested from Asola village in South Delhi, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ram Naik. He was arrested after a raid at a godown in the village that the accused had hired to store the contraband, said the DCP.
Delhi: Four held for smuggling red sandalwood worth Rs 1.4 crore
September 30, 2018 2:20 am
After it was confirmed by the wildlife inspector, police booked the accused under IPC sections pertaining to theft, receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy, along with five sections of the Indian Forest Act.
Pune crucial link in red sandalwood smuggling
December 24, 2013 3:40 am
Racketeers store rare wood in and around the city and then transport it to Mumbai.
Briefly Sstate: Auto driver stabbed to death
November 01, 2013 4:45 am
A minor tiff turned violent in Porbandar when an auto-driver was allegedly stabbed to death by a truck driver on Wednesday night.
Sandalwood smuggling: Cops role will be clear after kingpin rearrest,say police
July 13, 2013 3:28 am
Months after allegations surfaced over an inspector with Pune rural police and his team allegedly allowing red sandalwood smugglers safe passage,three constables have been suspended
5 trucks carrying red sandalwood seized in Chotila
April 01, 2011 3:52 am
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Gujarat is now on the trail of the trader who booked the five trucks to dispatch them from Gujarat ports.
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