Forest departmental official seized 18 pieces of timber logs from Balagaon area under Raimona forest Range this morning around 8 am under Kachugaon forest division in Kokrajhar district. The logs were seized during patrolling of forest officials, which were kept illegally along the road side,included Sal,Lali, Sidha and worth of around 3.5 lakhs of market value. The seized logs were brought to Gossaigaon protection centre.
KOKRAJHAR, DEC 23: In a significant anti-poaching operation, a joint team of police and forest officials apprehended three poachers from 1 No. Donga village near the India-Bhutan border in Tamulpur district on Sunday. The team also seized two handmade rifles and an elephant tusk during the raids.
Acting on a tip-off, the team first raided the residence of Chingarai Hasda (60) in 1 No. Donga village, where they recovered a handmade rifle. Upon interrogation, Chingarai disclosed that an elephant tusk was concealed in the house of Sanu Hembrom (60), another resident of the same village.
Following this lead, the team raided Sanu Hembrom’s house and successfully recovered the tusk. Further...
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