Shillong: Custom sleuths have seized a truck carrying red sander wood worth Rs 40 lakh, which was being ferried to Myanmar, at Aizawl in Mizoram.
Acting on a tip-off, the Customs officials intercepted the truck coming from Silchar in Assam at Chanmari area of Aizawl on Sunday, a statement issued by North East Customs commissioner S R Baruah said in Aizwal.
168 logs of red sander wood weighing about 4050 kgs concealed under 80 bags of cow-feed were found in the truck.
The wood, according to Baruah, was to be carried by boat on the Chhimpuitui river to Myanmar.
Acting on a tip-off, the Customs officials intercepted the truck coming from Silchar in Assam at Chanmari area of Aizawl on Sunday, a statement issued by North East Customs commissioner S R Baruah said in Aizwal.
168 logs of red sander wood weighing about 4050 kgs concealed under 80 bags of cow-feed were found in the truck.
The wood, according to Baruah, was to be carried by boat on the Chhimpuitui river to Myanmar.
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