Archive · 29 Sep 2025
Police Bust Sandalwood Smuggling Ring, Five Arrested
The police in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar caught a group of people who were illegally cutting and selling sandalwood.
On Saturday night, police stopped a car on the road and found a lot of sandalwood inside.
They arrested five people and took the sandalwood, tools, a car, and phones.
All the seized items were worth almost 10 lakh rupees.
The police were following up on a tip about the smuggling when they made the arrests.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar police arrested five individuals for sandalwood smuggling.
Police seized sandalwood, a vehicle, and other articles worth Rs 9.92 lakh.
The arrests occurred on Saturday night.
The suspects were caught smuggling sandalwood on the Beed–Dhule–Solapur Highway.
A Skoda car was used in the sandalwood smuggling.
- Who
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar rural police arrested five individuals.
- What
- The police busted a sandalwood smuggling gang.
- When
- Arrests were made on Saturday night.
- Where
- Pachod Road on the Beed–Dhule–Solapur Highway in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
- Why
- The individuals were smuggling sandalwood.
- Suspects Arrested
- Nazim Manir Khan (Jonwal), Moin Khan Bismillah Khan, Nasib Khan Munir Khan (Jonwal), Anis Yunus Khan, and Javed Khan GGaush Khan
- Seized Items
- Sandalwood (133 kg), wood-cutting tools, Skoda car, mobile phones
- Total Value of Seized Items
- Rs 9.92 lakh
- Location of Arrest
- Pachod Road on the Beed–Dhule–Solapur Highway, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
- Date of Arrest
- Saturday night (unspecified date)
