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- Bengaluru's Central Crime Branch arrested four men from Kerala for allegedly smuggling stolen sandalwood into the city to sell to buyers there.
- Police seized 82.615 kg of sandalwood worth ₹20.9 lakh, along with two cars and five mobile phones, after acting on a tip-off on July 12.
- The accused reportedly cut the logs into small pieces, concealed them in trolley bags, and travelled by bus posing as tourists to evade inter-State check posts.
- Investigators suspect the four were part of a larger inter-State smuggling network and are working to trace the remaining members.
What to watch next
- Efforts to trace and apprehend remaining members of the suspected smuggling network
- Outcome of the further investigation while the accused remain in police custody
- Whether more stolen sandalwood recoveries follow, as in the July 15 Kerala search
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