Bazpur: Bannakheda range team seizes canter loaded with about 80 quintals of khair wood during patrol, worth about ₹5 lakh; driver flees, case under Forest Act being registered

A team led by Bannakheda range forest officer Naval Kishore Kapil in Bazpur has seized a canter loaded with khair wood during a patrol. According to Amar Ujala, the team spotted the canter parked in suspicious circumstances, and the driver abandoned it and fled as the team approached. About 80 quintals of khair wood, valued at about ₹5 lakh, was found in the canter. The forest department has seized the wood and the canter, begun registering an FIR under the Forest Act against unknown smugglers, and is searching for the driver who fled. Earlier, on November 12, a Barhaini range team had caught a truck loaded with about 100 quintals of khair wood near Kanaura-Doraha.