Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
The airport police on Sunday arrested three men suspected to be part of inter state sandalwood smuggler ring and recovered sandalwood worth Rs.50,000 from them.
The accused identified as venkatesh,51 from Shira in Tumkur,Venkataramana,42,from Puttaparthi,Venkatesh Sanni,28 from Nelamangala and Anil Kumar,42 from Shidlaghatta.
The accused on April 20, had chopped off a fully grown sandalwood tree from a township in sadahalli and escaped.
Based on the complaint,the police analysed the cctv footage to identify the accused and arrested them.
The accused have been produced before the court and remanded them to judicial custody while further investigating to ascertain their criminal background..
