An intelligence was developed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai that some identified people are attempting to export Red Sanders to Malaysia via Nhava Sheva port. Accordingly, the container was identified and examined. In the Export documents, the goods had been declared as 648 Cartons of “Polyester Yarn” weighing 18.522 MTs.

On examination of the said consignment, 9040 Kgs of wooden logs of different sizes appears to be Red Sander logs were found concealed with “Draw Textured Yarn of Polyester (Mix Colour)” and Rice bags. Rice bags were used to compensate the total weight of declared cargo to avoid any suspicion.