By Manju Neereshwalya
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (RD/CN)
Mangalore, Oct 13: Police personnel of Mangalore special forest mobile squad detained a mini-truck laden with timber at Madoor, near here, and arrested a man for illegally transporting logwood on Wednesday October 12.
The accused has been identified as M S Hyder who was handed over to the custody of Mangalore range forest officer by forest mobile squad sub-inspector Manjunat K R.
The police seized the truck and timber together worth Rs 2.55 lac.
The operation was carried out under the instructions of Madikeri forest unit SP A K Anvekar by Manjunat K R along with head constable Sitaram, police personnel Umesh, Honnappa Gowda Narayan, Harischandra Gowda, and Ramachandra Maniyani.