BENGALURU: Based on a tip-off, the Bangalore City Crime Branch (CCB) police arrested an international smuggler on charges of exporting red sanders worth Rs 7 crore to foreign countries.
The arrested has been identified as Hasmukh Patel, 42, a resident of Ramamurthy Nagar.
According to CCB, a special team raided Jai Hanuman Wood Works--a warehouse at Ramamurthy Nagar on Sunday and recovered 87 pieces of red sanders.
Patel had stocked the sandals to export them to foreign countries and had brought them from Andra Pradesh and other states.
Two of the accused are still at large, said police. The well-organised gang was involved in smuggling for the past four years, they added.