Summary:
IMPHAL: Assam Rifles on Friday seized four truckloads of timber that was being illegally transported here from Joupi in Chandel district.Soldiers of the 39th Battalion stopped the trucks and confiscated the timber at Salluk , an Assam Rifles statement said. The district forest officer of Chandel has been informed.Due to shortage of personnel and resources, however, the forest officials could not transport the seized timber and sought help from Assam Rifles..