Friday, September 9, 2011

STF swoops down on timber racketeers

Acting on information provided by SLN Intelligence, police commandos arrested three persons at Pavatcholai in the Kumburupiddi forest reserve for clearing the jungle. The suspects are members of a gang running a major timber racket.

An STF spokesman told ‘The Island’ that the suspects, along with a large stock of logs worth about Rs. 900,000 had been handed over to the Trincomalee Forest Office. The official said that they had been engaged in the timber racket for a long time, under the very noses of officials. (SF)

http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=34219

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