Archive · 10 Aug 2025
Red Sandalwood Smuggler Nagadastagiri Reddy Arrested in Kadapa
Police caught a man named Nagadastagiri Reddy who was smuggling red sandalwood.
He had been hiding for a year and a half.
The police found him in a forest while he was moving the wood to Delhi.
They also arrested five other people and took one ton of the wood and two cars.
Reddy has a long history of smuggling and other crimes.
His wife was arrested a week earlier.
Notorious red sandalwood smuggler Nagadastagiri Reddy was arrested in Kadapa.
The arrest occurred in the Lankamalla forest area during raids.
Police seized one ton of red sandalwood logs and two vehicles.
Five other smugglers were also arrested.
Nagadastagiri Reddy has a criminal record including 86 red sandalwood smuggling cases.
- Who
- Nagadastagiri Reddy, five other smugglers, and the police
- What
- Police arrested red sandalwood smuggler Nagadastagiri Reddy and seized red sandalwood logs and vehicles.
- When
- Not explicitly mentioned in the article.
- Where
- Lankamalla forest area, Kadapa
- Why
- Nagadastagiri Reddy was arrested for red sandalwood smuggling.
- Accused
- Nagadastagiri Reddy
- Charges
- Red sandalwood smuggling
- Location of arrest
- Lankamalla forest area
- Items seized
- One ton of red sandalwood logs, two vehicles
- Criminal record
- 86 red sandalwood smuggling cases, 34 theft cases, and three PD Act cases
