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- Kadapa police arrested nine individuals across three separate incidents involving the illegal transport of red sanders.
- Officers seized 87 logs totaling 1.810 metric tonnes along with five vehicles during the operations.
- Law enforcement officials warned that habitual offenders face strict legal consequences, including the potential invocation of the Prevention of Detention Act.
- This crackdown aims to curb the illegal trade and smuggling of endangered timber from protected forest areas.
What to watch next
- Ongoing investigations into the accomplices who escaped in the Veeraballi police case.
- Application of the Prevention of Detention Act against identified habitual offenders.
- Continued vehicle checks and enforcement by the Red Sanders Task Force.
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Shelke Nachiket Vishwanath
Superintendent of Police
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“Non-bailable cases will be registered wherever applicable and strict action will be taken as per law. Even the PD Act will be invoked against habitual offenders,”
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…all hailing from Mydukur. The SP warned that strict legal action would be taken against those involved in felling, possessing, concealing, purchasing, transporting or assisting in the illegal trade of red sanders. “ Non-bailable cases will be registered wherever applicable and strict action will be taken as per law. Even the PD Act will be invoked against habitual offenders, ” he warned. Published - September 23, 2026 08:54 pm IST…
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Named India · Battala Venkata Subbaiah · Idigattu Nagendra · Idigattu Srinivasulu · Idigattu Subbarayudu · Palepu Manohar · Sunil Kumar · Syed Shahabuddin · Vadamanchi Murali · A. Suresh Reddy · C. Shankar Reddy · Kadapa district police · K. Ramana Reddy
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