Mangaluru: Red sanders worth Rs 2 crore seized, 5 held
Mangaluru, Jan 10: A total of 4,000 kg of red sanders worth Rs 2 crore has been seized and five people have been arrested in this connection, police said.
The seizure and the arrest were made by the police, in association with the personnel of the Anti-Rowdy Squad, on Thursday.
The operation was launched based on a tip-off, police sources said.
The wood was meant to be sent to a foreign country through the New Mangalore Port.
A case has been registered against the accused under sections 50, 62, and 80 of Karnataka Forest Act 1963 apart from sections 144 and 165 of Karnataka Forest Rules 1969, the sources said.
The police received information on Wednesday that unidentified people, who had rented out a godown, have illegally stored the wood there.
All the five accused namely Sheik Tabrez Kallapu, Rakesh Shetty Kavoor, Lohith Thokottu, Hussain Kunhimonu Kallapu, Farooq Kallapu were belong to areas within Mangaluru taluk, they said.
The team that conducted the operation also seized two cars, a goods carrier and seven mobile phones from the accused, the sources said.
Further investigations are on, they added.
We have busted an international syndicate trying to smuggle out red Sanders estimated more than 2 crore value..
— Harsha IPS CP Mangaluru City (@compolmlr) January 9, 2020
Allegedly they were trying to ship it out of country through NMPT.. case registered at panambur.. we are working out further details .. pic.twitter.com/21tcabzyNw
Good work done by panambur police team.. pic.twitter.com/egEMbtJ1yt
— Harsha IPS CP Mangaluru City (@compolmlr) January 9, 2020
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
