One held for sandalwood smuggling
Hisar, April 7
The Hisar police have seized a mini-truck full of sandalwood trunks from a resident of Dhani Jatan Mangali village in the district on Wednesday. The goods weighed 1,513 kg, having 195 pieces of wooden trunks.
The accused was identified as Dharambir, a resident of Dhani Jatan Mangali village. He was produced in court, which remanded him to 10-day police custody.
A forest department official had lodged a complaint with the Azad Nagar police station, after which a case was registered under Sections of the IPC and various Sections of the Indian Forest Act against the accused. —
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