Jak timber transporter arrested, truck seized

Police seized a load of illegally transporting jak timber in a truck and arrested its driver at Nidangala in the Kotawila Police area.

Police said 26 jak logs were seized. The Matara Range Forest Office was informed about the logs to estimate them and report.

The driver and the truck with the load of timber were produced before the Matara Magistrate’s Court.

Kotawila Police carried out the raid on a tip off.