news details |
|
|
| Excise Department seizes willow clefts | | |  Early Times Report
Kathua, Apr 10: The sleuths of the Excise Department at the Toll Post Lakhanpur thwarted yet another attempt of smuggling when it seized a full truck of willow clefts, that was trying to move out of the state. A vehicle bearing registration No.HR63-7367 reported at Toll Post Lakhanpur for assessment of the goods and as per the documents enclosed, the vehicle was shown loaded with paint consigned by M/s ITC Ltd. Tpt Nagar Jammu to M/s ITC Ltd Amritsar vide Challan No.050 dated 09-04-2016 with vehicle number wrongly mentioned as HP68-7867.
However, when the vehicle was put to physical check by the concerned inspector, it was found fully loaded with willow clefts. The willow clefts attempted for export/smuggling forms the raw material for manufacturing cricket bats and its movement out of the state is not permissible in terms of J&K Willow (Prohibition on Export Movement Act 2000). As per the documents accompanying the vehicle, it is owned by Maya Devi R/o Delhi Road, Gurgaon.
The vehicle along with the seized willow clefts have been handed over to the Forest Protection Force of Forest department for further investigation in the matter. The staff of the Excise Department has been very active in foiling such attempts of evasion and during the year 2015-16, a total of 26359 willow clefts were seized, as compared to 4550 during the year 2014-15. The catch was made by excise inspector Ishtiaq, Anil Chandan and Pankaj Sharma. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
STOCK UPDATE |
|
|
 |
| BSE
Sensex |
 |
| NSE
Nifty |
|
|
| |
CRICKET UPDATE |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
