Archive · 21 Sep 2025
Rs 12 Crore Red Sandalwood Seized in Palghar Farmhouse
Imagine someone was trying to sneak a lot of expensive red wood out of the country.
Forest officials found a huge stash of this wood, called red sandalwood, hidden in a farmhouse.
The wood is worth a lot of money, about 12 crore rupees!
The officials think the wood was brought into Maharashtra from other places and was going to be sent abroad illegally.
They are now looking for the people behind the scheme.
Someone named 'Pushpa' is mentioned in the investigation, maybe a person or a code name.
The officials are watching the forests carefully to stop more smuggling.
Forest department seized red sandalwood from a Palghar farmhouse.
The seized sandalwood is valued at approximately Rs 12 crore.
Investigation suggests the sandalwood was smuggled from southern states.
The raid was conducted on September 18 at an abandoned farmhouse.
Officials are searching for those involved in the smuggling.
- Who
- Forest Department officials are investigating
- What
- A large stock of red sandalwood was seized.
- When
- The raid happened on the night of September 18.
- Where
- An abandoned farmhouse in Palghar district, Maharashtra.
- Why
- The sandalwood was likely being smuggled for illegal sale.
- Seizure Value
- Rs 12 crore
- Location
- Palghar district, Maharashtra
- Substance
- Red sandalwood
- Date of Raid
- September 18
- Suspected Origin
- Southern states