Coimbatore: After a lull of several months, sandalwood smugglers struck again within the city, axing two fully-grown trees from the high-security Coimbatore Central Prison campus in Gandhipuram on Friday.
The smugglers had this time centered the valuable trees grown on land protected via the Central Reserve Police Force and the police division. They took away trunks of the 2 trees and left two different trees untoched. The city police have registered a case and shaped a unique crew to nab the smugglers.
In the town, sandalwood trees are discovered at Race Course, Airport Authority of India personnel quarters at Sitra, few agricultural lands close to Sungam-Ukkadam Bypass Road and the jail land at Gandhipuram. Since the trees are positioned within the govt and private lands, the onus of shielding them does not fall into the purview of the woodland division. It is as much as the police to give protection to the trees, register circumstances in case of smuggling and nab the culprits.
Last 12 months, there were several sandalwood smuggling incidents reported from Race Course. Even as the town police was once looking for the culprits, a couple of sandalwood smugglers have been arrested in Kerala in connection with different circumstances. The smugglers confessed to govt authorities that they have been at the back of the smuggling incidents in Coimbatore. There was once a lull within the smuggling incidents within the city after the ones arrests. Meanwhile, police had additionally higher night patrolling within the areas to curb additional smuggling.
The tree smuggling within the jail land has come as a warning call to the police division. Police suspect there was once a pathway from jail flooring at Gandhipuram to get entry to the land belonging to the jail division.
The smugglers deserted a saw used for cutting down the trees on the spot.
The outer outer edge of the Coimbatore Central Prison is guarded via the Central Reserve Police Force (Cprf) and the inner outer edge is guarded via jail warders. The jail authorities came to understand in regards to the incident on Friday morning and approached Race Course (crime) police, who rushed to the spot and held inquiry with the jail officers.
The smugglers had this time centered the valuable trees grown on land protected via the Central Reserve Police Force and the police division. They took away trunks of the 2 trees and left two different trees untoched. The city police have registered a case and shaped a unique crew to nab the smugglers.
In the town, sandalwood trees are discovered at Race Course, Airport Authority of India personnel quarters at Sitra, few agricultural lands close to Sungam-Ukkadam Bypass Road and the jail land at Gandhipuram. Since the trees are positioned within the govt and private lands, the onus of shielding them does not fall into the purview of the woodland division. It is as much as the police to give protection to the trees, register circumstances in case of smuggling and nab the culprits.
Last 12 months, there were several sandalwood smuggling incidents reported from Race Course. Even as the town police was once looking for the culprits, a couple of sandalwood smugglers have been arrested in Kerala in connection with different circumstances. The smugglers confessed to govt authorities that they have been at the back of the smuggling incidents in Coimbatore. There was once a lull within the smuggling incidents within the city after the ones arrests. Meanwhile, police had additionally higher night patrolling within the areas to curb additional smuggling.
The tree smuggling within the jail land has come as a warning call to the police division. Police suspect there was once a pathway from jail flooring at Gandhipuram to get entry to the land belonging to the jail division.
The smugglers deserted a saw used for cutting down the trees on the spot.
The outer outer edge of the Coimbatore Central Prison is guarded via the Central Reserve Police Force (Cprf) and the inner outer edge is guarded via jail warders. The jail authorities came to understand in regards to the incident on Friday morning and approached Race Course (crime) police, who rushed to the spot and held inquiry with the jail officers.
Sandalwood smugglers strike again
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November 18, 2017
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