During the illegal transportation of wood from Khagrachori Government Forest, three trucks were seized while the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) At that time, 9 smugglers were arrested with the recovery of one crore taka of wood in three trucks.
On Thursday (9th August), three trucks were seized from the headquarters of Nazirhat than the headquarters of Hathazari Police Station.
The arrested are Md. Imam (20), Md. Asif Hossain (19), Md. Mamun Shikdar (32), Md. Iqbal Hossain (31), Md. Belal Hossain (35), Md. Yasin Hossain (19), Mantu Marma (34), Md. Abdus Sattar (31), Md. Zakir Hossain (29).
RAB-7 Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Mimatanur Rahman Jago told newsmen that the RAB members seized three trucks stolen from Nazirhat headquarters on the spot. There were 1,914 decimal 64 cubic feet of three trucks. Whose current market value is about one crore taka These woods were being illegally cut from the government forests of Manikchhari area of Khagrachari.
He also said that the smugglers found the presence of RAB in the headquarters of the new road in Nazirhat. They tried to run away from the road and tried to escape. RAB members chased them and caught them.