<p class="title">Forest department personnel arrested two persons and seized rosewood worth Rs 30 lakh, being illegally transported in Siddapura, on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The arrested are Irshad, a lorry driver from Siddapura and Mani from Injilagere.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The wood was concealed in the lorry loaded with bags containing coffee and paddy husks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on credible information, the forest department personnel stopped the lorry in Rasalpura village, coming from Siddapura, at 2 pm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During an inspection, 24 rosewood logs were found in the vehicle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The raid was carried out under the guidance of Madikeri DCF S Prabhakaran and Somwarpet Sub Division ACF K A Nehru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kushalnagar RFO J Ananya Kumar led the raid team comprising DRFO K P Ranjan, Anil D’Souza, K N Devaiah, K S Subraya, forest guards Ananda Ramappa Malugunda, Siddarama Natikara, vehicle driver K D Vasu, elephant mahout Manju and RRT personnel Shanta, Pradeep, Sunil, Ramesh and Ashok.</p>
<p class="title">Forest department personnel arrested two persons and seized rosewood worth Rs 30 lakh, being illegally transported in Siddapura, on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The arrested are Irshad, a lorry driver from Siddapura and Mani from Injilagere.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The wood was concealed in the lorry loaded with bags containing coffee and paddy husks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on credible information, the forest department personnel stopped the lorry in Rasalpura village, coming from Siddapura, at 2 pm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During an inspection, 24 rosewood logs were found in the vehicle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The raid was carried out under the guidance of Madikeri DCF S Prabhakaran and Somwarpet Sub Division ACF K A Nehru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kushalnagar RFO J Ananya Kumar led the raid team comprising DRFO K P Ranjan, Anil D’Souza, K N Devaiah, K S Subraya, forest guards Ananda Ramappa Malugunda, Siddarama Natikara, vehicle driver K D Vasu, elephant mahout Manju and RRT personnel Shanta, Pradeep, Sunil, Ramesh and Ashok.</p>