11 August,2023 06:52 PM IST | Alibaug | mid-day online correspondent
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The Maharashtra Police have seized 46,000 litres of diesel, worth more than Rs 1 crore from two fishing boats at a port in Maharashtra's Raigad district, police said on Friday, according to the PTI.
Based on a tip-off, the police on Wednesday conducted a raid at Rewas port in Alibaug taluka and found green diesel on two boats, an official told the PTI.
A total of 46,000 litres of green diesel worth Rs 1.03 crore were seized from the boats and nine crew members have been taken into custody, he said.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, the forest department and police in Maharashtra's Thane district conducted a raid at a farmhouse and seized two tonnes of smuggled logs of Khair wood worth around Rs 1.50 lakh, an official told PTI on Friday.
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The raid was conducted in Padgha on Wednesday, he said.
Khair wood is used for extraction of 'kattha', which is one of the essential ingredients of making paan, an after-food mouth freshener. The wood and bark of this tree are also used for medicinal purposes.
"Acting on a tip-off, forest officials and a team of police raided the farmhouse, where the smuggled Khair wood was found stocked. A total of two tonnes of wood worth Rs 1.50 lakh was seized," the police official told PTI.
An offence against the owner of the farmhouse, identified as Sahil Chiklekar, was registered under various sections of the Indian Forest Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), he said.
Range Forest Officer Shaikesh Deore told PTI investigation into the case is being conducted.
In another incident, police arrested a 38-year-old man and seized drugs worth Rs 4.55 lakh from his possession in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official told PTI on Thursday.
Officials of the crime unit apprehended Aslam Abdulkadir Sama, hailing from Bhuj in Gujarat, at Ranjnoli naka in Bhiwandi area here on Wednesday, the official from Kongaon police station told PTI.
The police seized 65.78 gm of mephedrone, a banned synthetic stimulant, worth Rs 4.55 lakh from his possession, he said.
The accused was booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the official told PTI.
The man was questioned, but the source of the contraband and to whom he wanted to sell it was yet to be ascertained, he said.
(with PTI inputs)
