VALPOI: Continuing the crackd down khairwood smuggling, the Forest Department arrested two persons and seized two vehicles transporting khairwood in the last one week.
In the first case, one Udai Sadu Gawas, a native of Aee Kittwada in Dodamarg, was arrested while transporting 36 khairwood logs in an Omni Maruti Van at Gullem Morlem in Sattari late evening on Wednesday. The offender had cut these trees in Harvalem Comunidade property.
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Gawas was arrested by Range Forest Officer Vivek Gaonkar and his team.
In the second case, one Damodar Nagvekar, resident of Devasu Korgao in Pernem, was arrested with 47 khairwood logs and one bag of khairwood chips at Agarwada in Pernem on Monday evening.
He was intercepted by Tukaram Kharbe and team while transporting the khairwood in a Tata vehicle. The illegal cutting was carried out in a private property at Sodiem Siolim. Last year, the same offender was arrested in a similar khairwood case at Banestri.
