The stem of a cut sandalwood tree | Representative Image
Kochi : Smuggling of sandalwood has surfaced again in Kerala . The smuggling came to notice during perambulation as field officers noticed stumps of felled trees. The area, which is similar to rain shadow region, has presence of good number of sandalwood trees, but with reduced qualities of sandalwood growing in Marayoor region where trees are numbered and geotagged.
In the latest incident, Kollangode range forest office registered a case after nine sandalwood trees were found smuggled from Vattayarmadakku area, situated close to the Tamil Nadu border, on Tuesday.
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If it has gone unnoticed on Tuesday, the unidentified persons would have felled more. We will conduct a field inspection on Wednesday,” said a forest officer.