A team of Paralakhemundi Forest Division led Ranger Arun Kumar and Forester SS Kalinga arrested a person from the Paralakhemundi railway station for smuggling sandalwood.
The accused was identified as Azharuddin Khan of Kusumi village in Khordha district.
Sources said Khan boarded a train, which was coming from Gunupur towards Paralakehmundi, at the K Sitapur railway station with the sandalwood pieces. Acting on a tipoff, the forest officials waited for him at Paralakhemundi railway station and later caught him.
Later, the team seized the pieces of sandalwood estimated of about 82 kg, informed DFO Vivek Kumar.
In another case, the Mahendra forest officials arrested one Suresh Bhuyan of Talamunda village in Gajapati district for carrying 75 kg of red sandalwood. The officials seized the red sandalwood from his possession.
Both the arrestees were forwarded to court.