• Loreni Tsanglao, NET Correspondent, Nagaland 

Security forces in collaboration with the Nagaland Police have recently apprehended 4 individuals with illegal teak wood along the general area NH29 at Jharnapani in Nagaland’s Chumukedima District.

Based on specific inputs, the security forces launched a joint operation and detained these offenders and 4 trucks loaded with Burmese Teak wood worth approximately of Rs 2 crores.

According to official statement, these items were being smuggled from Manipur to Dimapur.

The four apprehended smugglers alongwith confiscated goods have been handed-over to the Forest Department of Chumukedima, Dimapur range for further investigation.