Red sanders dump worth ₹5 crore seized in Chennai
The Hindu
Four persons were arrested
A special party of Chittoor police on Sunday night seized a red sanders dump weighing 11 tonnes, worth about ₹5 crore, and three vehicles from a clandestinely-operated godown at Avadi in Chennai and arrested four persons. Producing the accused, three from Tiruvallur in Tamil Nadu and one from Chandragiri mandal in the district, and the seized property at a press conference here on Monday, Superintendent of Police S. Senthil Kumar said acting on a tip-off about red sanders smuggling activity in Piler rural circle, a police partyhad rushed to the forest-fringe village of Devarakonda in Yerravaripalem mandal on Sunday evening.More Related News
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