TIRUPATI: The red sanders anti-smuggling task force on Sunday arrested six smugglers from Tamil Nadu and seized 11 logs, a car, an autorickhaw and four motorcycles from their possession.
Red sanders task force superintendent of police M Sundar Rao said inspector Suresh Kumar Reddy and his team acted on specific information and conducted vehicular checks near Vadamalpeta-Puttur route in the early hours on Sunday.
When the team stopped two motorists and were questioning them, a luggage auto and a four wheeler, which followed the two bikes, were also stopped for checking. The task force sleuths found 11 red sanders logs concealed inside the auto. The logs were being smuggled to Chennai. Meanwhile, two more motorists, who were following them, reached the spot. The police took them too into custody.
