The Directorate of Intelligence (DRI) seized more than 11 metric tonnes of red sandalwood with a market value of more than Rs 11 crore hidden in a container containing tractor spare parts, according to official documents, at the Mundra port in Kutch on Wednesday.
“The 20-feet container was detained for physical verification, after which 11.7 metric tonnes of red sandalwood logs were found in it instead of tractor parts as was declared in documents,” a DRI source said.
According to sources, the container was loaded from a railway platform in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, and unloaded at the Adani Group’s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone on Wednesday. Further verification is going on.