Forest Department's South Division has seized 16 tick wood logs from commander jeep and a pick up van at Bandu Forest under Ranka police station on Friday night.
According to Ranger Suresh Prasad, acting on a tip off a team of forest officials led by him raided on Friday night and seized the logs. Both vehicles were on way to illegally operated saw mill at Boddi village in Palamu district.
Seized vehicles and timber have been brought to the forest office premises. Value of seized timber is said to be over Rs one lakh. Driver Ravindra Gupta escaped while taking advantage of darkness while assistant Sunil Panika and another driver Mantu have been arrested from the spot. Both the arrested conveyed the information of carrying the timber to the illegally run mill. The arrested persons have been sent to the judicial custody.