The film "Pushpa 2: The Rise" highlights the lucrative yet illegal red sandalwood trade. This rare wood, native to India, is highly valued for its rich color and medicinal properties, fetching ...

Cop ‘involved’ in red sandalwood smuggling. Sindhupalchowk, December 17: A policeman at the Barhebise area police office has been found guilty of smuggling red sandalwood.

As many as 63 woodcutters from neighbouring Tamil Nadu were on Sunday arrested in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and 40 logs of red sanders wood worth Rs 2 crore were seized from their ...

The film revolves around the smuggling of red sandalwood, a rare, protected species of timber, also known as red sanders, that grows only in a small part of India, and has medicinal properties.

The smuggling of red sandalwood from Andhra Pradesh has only recently made national headlines. But for decades, Deverakonda and dozens of other villages around the Seshachalem forest, ...

AGRA: A joint team of Mathura police, special task force and forest department busted an inter-state red sandalwood smuggling gang and confiscated 563 kg of logs costing over Rs 1 crore, police said.

16 Arrested For Smuggling Red Sandalwood Worth Over Rs 40 Lakh In Andhra Acting on tip-off Chittoor police while checking vehicles at the MCR Cross on Chennai-Bangalore Road at 6.30 AM found a car ...

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Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has appreciated the forest department’s successful Operation Aranya drive against smuggling of red sandalwood from AP’s forests. The special drive has ...

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Premium quality red sandalwood, however, can fetch a price as high as ₹2,00,000 per kilogram. This is due to its scarcity and the difficulty involved in the harvesting and processing of the wood.