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14 tonnes of red sandalwood seized
Updated On: 14 August, 2013 08:17 AM IST | | IANS
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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