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23 timber smugglers arrested, 4 booked under PSA

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23Srinagar: Police have arrested 23 alleged timber smugglers and booked four of them under the stringent Public Safety Act as part of a crackdown on timber felling in Shopian district of Kashmir.

“Police has launched a massive crackdown by arresting 23 timber smugglers including four notorious persons involved in a number of forest smuggling cases.

“Timber measuring 216.31 cubic feet has been seized from these smugglers,” a police spokesman said here today.

He said the four notorious smugglers who have been booked under PSA are Gowhar Parray alias Setha, Shafi Ladi, Riyaz Paswa and Sajad Paswal.

PTI

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