CHENNAI:
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has foiled an attempt to smuggle Red Sanders logs worth Rs 5.28 Crore to Shanghai in China from Chennai Port by using forged documents.
A DRI official told Express that after a continous surveillance of containers bound for china upon entry in the port, it was found that one of them had red sanders in it.
The documents submitted for clearance of the 20ft container was declared as “Rubber Hydraulic Hose” while originally it had red sanders export consignment. The final destination was China. After a thorough scrutiny on Tuesday in the presence of forest officials, it was found that about 11.750 MTs of Red Sanders logs stuffed inside the container whose market value is around Rs 5.28 Cr.
It was later found that the documents submitted before customs for clearance were forged. Red Sanders also called as Pterocarpus santalinus, has a highly restrictive distribution in the South Eastern portion of Indian peninsula to which it is endemic, a DRI release stated.
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