<p>District police and Forest Department officials have seized wooden logs worth Rs 1 crore in Nalkeri Badaga village of Virajpet taluk on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three persons have been arrested in this regard. Also, the vehicles used to transport the logs illegally have been seized.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kallachanda Noban from Palleri village, lorry driver Rajendra from Nalkeri village and labourer Ayyappa are the arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two lorries, a jeep, a car and a crane have been seized.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 288 logs of valuable trees were being transported in a lorry by covering the logs with sacs containing sawdust. The incident came to light during a check of the vehicles at Gonikoppa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Logs of teak and jack trees were found near the house of Noban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Superintendent of Police Dr Suman D Pennekar said that further legal action will be initiated against the arrested.</p>
<p>District police and Forest Department officials have seized wooden logs worth Rs 1 crore in Nalkeri Badaga village of Virajpet taluk on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three persons have been arrested in this regard. Also, the vehicles used to transport the logs illegally have been seized.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kallachanda Noban from Palleri village, lorry driver Rajendra from Nalkeri village and labourer Ayyappa are the arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two lorries, a jeep, a car and a crane have been seized.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 288 logs of valuable trees were being transported in a lorry by covering the logs with sacs containing sawdust. The incident came to light during a check of the vehicles at Gonikoppa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Logs of teak and jack trees were found near the house of Noban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Superintendent of Police Dr Suman D Pennekar said that further legal action will be initiated against the arrested.</p>