23 timber smugglers arrested, 4 booked under PSA

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Nov 14 2016 | 1:28 PM IST

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Police have arrested 23 alleged timber smugglers and booked four of them under the stringent Public Safety Act as part of a crackdown on timber felling in Shopian district of Kashmir.
"Police has launched a massive crackdown by arresting 23 timber smugglers including four notorious persons involved in a number of forest smuggling cases.
"Timber measuring 216.31 cubic feet has been seized from these smugglers," a police spokesman said here today.
He said the four notorious smugglers who have been booked under PSA are Gowhar Parray alias Setha, Shafi Ladi, Riyaz Paswa and Sajad Paswal.

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First Published: Nov 14 2016 | 1:28 PM IST

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