One Arrested for Illegal Timber Smuggling in Rautahat

Rautahat. One person has been arrested on charges of illegally smuggling Sal wood from the Rangpur Community Forest area in Chandrapur Municipality-7, Rautahat. The individual was apprehended by a joint forest patrol team from the Chandrapur Sub-Division Forest Office and Rangpur Community Forest around 9 PM on Sunday, while they were engaged in timber smuggling in the forest area north of Naya Basti Katani. The patrol team was monitoring the area when they caught the person red-handed.The forest patrol team recovered 5 logs of Sal wood, totaling 24.70 cubic feet, along with three bicycles and a saw from the scene. The arrested...