Assam: Timber smuggling racket busted in Dibrugarh
The forest department on Wednesday seized three rafts with illegal logs floating on the Brahmaputra river near Hotel Little palace in Dibrugarh.
Sources said timber smugglers continue to use the riverine route of the Brahmaputra river system to continue with their illegal business.
“A section of the forest department personnel are hand in glove with the timber mafia due to which they have been able to continue with the illegal trade in broad daylight,” said a source.
“We have seized three rafts with timber floating on the Brahmaputra river. In a joint operation with the police, we have seized the illegal timber. The raft was floating from the Arunachal Pradesh side,” said Dibrugarh divisional forest officer Pradipto Baruah.
Sources said these logs were brought from Arunachal Pradesh or from the Dibru Saikhowa National Park through riverine routes to avoid detection by the forest department authorities.
(Edited by Christopher Gatphoh)
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