After a brief lull in red sanders’ smuggling activities across Seshachalam forests, a skirmish was reported in the Bheemaram ghat area near A. Rangampet in the early hours of Friday.
A combing party of the Red Sanders Anti Smuggling Task Force came face-to-face with a group of smuggling operatives transporting red sanders logs.
Alarmed by the sudden confrontation, many of them ran deep into the forests.
However, the task force officials managed to apprehend Ramajayam, a woodcutter from Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu.
The officials also seized 12 red sanders logs from thee spot. The value of the logs was put at over Rs.50 lakh.