
KADAPA: Police seized 13 red sanders logs worth Rs 8.5 lakh and an axe and arrested three woodcutters at Raghavarajupuram in Railway Koduru Mandal on Friday.
The arrested were identified as P Venkatesh, Y Ramesh and Ch Koteswara Rao. Speaking to the media, SI P Venkateswarlu said acting on a tip-off, a police team led by him conducted a raid at Raghavarajupuram and spotted red sanders woodcutters making preparations to transport the red sanders logs. The main accused in the case, P Rajasekhar and Eswaraiah, are still at large and a manhunt was launched to nab them.