The Latest news is coming out straight from Chennai where around 40 40 metric tonnes (MT) of red sanders logs worth RS 16 crore was supposed to illegally smuggled to Malaysia through containers. As per the reports (DRI) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence raids at the Chennai port on last Thursday night and got these metric tonnes of red sanders. Also, the reports are coming that these things are happening under the nose of some other important people.
Also, the reports are coming that the red sander logs were to be smuggled in four different consignments destined for Malaysia. Also, DRI official sources said that “The red sanders were substituted for goods declared as garments and floor mats and cleared for export after the containers left the freight station. The gang involved had substituted the goods before loading onto the ships by tampering the container seal latches and door hinges,”
Black Market’s Red Sanders Seized by DRI in Chennai
You can say that this is huge news coming straight from the black market also the sources are saying that DRI got some inputs about the red sanders smuggling in container ships bound to Port Klang in Malaysia. After that, they decided to raid and they got this big smuggling stuff. Sources are saying that it could be a great step towards corruption.
Two more containers were found to have their goods substituted with red sanders logs instead of the declared cargo. About Rs 11 crore worth logs weighing approximately 27 MT was recovered from the two containers, according to sources. DRI’s Chennai zonal unit has seized 176 MTs of red sanders worth Rs 71 crore in the last three years. You can say that this type of smuggling is normal because of every time when DRI raid they found something unusual for sure. Now, it’s time to take a legal action towards this situation so we can stop this type of smuggling.
