One smuggler arrested, timber seized in Kashmir

Srinagar Feb 4 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested a smuggler and recovered huge quantity of illicit timber in the frontier district of Kupwara.

Official sources said police established a naka at Kupwara following a tip off that some smugglers were trying to transport illicit timber out of the town.

They said after a long wait, police naka party finally intercepted the vehicle and seized illicit timber. The driver of the vehicle was arrested, they added.

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