CHITRAL::Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Department here Tuesday foiled a bid of timber smuggling and recovered 125 sleepers of expensive pine wood from a truck near Lowari Tunnel.
According to details, staff of forest department recovered 125 sleepers of pine wood from a truck during checking at Baradum check post. The truck was en route to Peshawar from Chitral.
The wood sleepers were concealed in a secret cavity underneath body of the truck and driver compartment. Cases have been registered against smugglers identified as Zeeshan and Kifayatullah, and investigation is underway.