SSB seizes timber-laden tractors near Indo-Bhutan border in Chirang district

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KOKRAJHAR: The 6th Bn SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal) on Saturday morning seized two tractors loaded with wood at Mandarguri near the Indo-Bhutan border in the Chirang district.

SSB sources said a team from Sashipur camp of the SSB, based on inputs, was waiting for the timber smugglers. The team stopped two tractors and a bike loaded with 27 pieces of timber. The team managed to stop the tractors bu the smugglers ran away as soon as they were stopped. Sources said the seized items were worth over Rs 18,50,000. The seized timber was later handed over to the Forest Range Office at Kwila Mwila.

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