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14 tonnes of red sandalwood seized

In one of the biggest seizures in recent months, police Tuesday said they had found 14 tonnes of banned red sandalwood and nabbed two smugglers in Navi Mumbai

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The consignment, seized late Monday, is worth around Rs.60 crore internationally and Rs.16 crore in the domestic market, police said.

According to police inspector Walchand Munde, the raid followed a tip that a warehouse in the coastal village of Uran had large quantities of red sandalwood to be shipped to Gujarat.

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