Police busts illegal timber smuggling in Ganderbal
Huge quantity of forest timber recovered
Srinagar: Police in Ganderbal successfully unearthed a case of illegal timber smuggling at Poshkar Kangan, a police spokesman said Thursday.
He said that an information revealed that an individual, identified as Imtiaz Ahmad Banya son of Husain Banya resident of Poshkar, Kangan, had illegally smuggled forest timber from a nearby forest area and clandestinely dumped the same in the courtyard of his residential premises at Poshkar, Kangan.
Taking cognizance of the matter, Police registered a case vide FIR No. 06/2026 under relevant sections of law and investigation was initiated.
A special police team conducted a search operation which led to the recovery of a huge quantity of illegally acquired forest timber from the courtyard of the accused. The recovered timber has been seized as per legal procedure and the accused was apprehended and taken into the police custody, the spokesman said.
Further investigation in the case is underway to ascertain the source, involvement of other persons, and to identify the entire nexus behind the illegal timber smuggling, he added.
