Six nabbed with illegally felled timber
Yasaratne GAMAGE
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A stock of illegally felled timber |
The STF on Wednesday arrested six suspects and seized Rs 193,000
worth illegally felled timber including satinwood, palu and ebony logs
in Mullaitivu, Killinochchi and Buttala.
A team of Mullaitivu STF officers took into custody four suspects
while illegally felling timber in the Suwandipuram forest reserve in
Pudukuduirippu and seized 16 satinwood and 14 palu logs.
The other two suspects were arrested at Kannagipuram in Kilinochchi
with four satinwood logs and a tractor in which the suspects were
transporting the illegally felled timber. The stock of ebony was seized
in Okkampitiya by Buttala STF. The suspects and the timber have been
handed over to police stations and forest department officials for
further investigations. |
