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Assam: Dima Hasao te illegal ‘Burmese supari’ bukha 12 trucks thurishe

GUWAHATI | FEB 21, 2020:Thursday din officials koishe ki  Dima Hasao district state’s southern part,  te Assam forest officials para   12 trucks  komti hoilebi 120 tons illegal ‘Burmese supari’ (betel nuts Myanmar) para thurishe.

Etu betel nuts laga market value toh  Rs 3.60 crore ase.Khobor paikena  forest department personnel khan para Harangajao aro Jatinga area Haflong osorte trucks khan thurishe local manu khan laga modot para Wednesday din te.

forest officials, kuwa hisaab te   etu  ‘Burmese supari’ toh Myanmar para anikena  etu toh India aro  Dusra desh laga alag alag  jaka te luijaishe.

Bosti manu khan koishe nexus khan etu te  police officials, political leaders aro traders  khan  ‘Burmese supari’ laga illegal trade chulai ase.

Forest officials khan para etu manu khan laga naam nadikena koishe”Etu Burmese supari’, alag alag  drugs, Dusra  contraband khan toh  Myanmar para Mizoram aro Manipur aro Assam laga jaka  khan  para India aro Dusra desh laga jaka khan te luijai.”

Officials koishe police khan para tai khan ke modot kuranai  etu illegal business rukhabole nimete forest produce aro unlawful trade alag alag saaman khan etu te  ‘Burmese supari’ ase.

Juwa moina te Assam Rifles personnel khan para komti hoilebi 1,353 bags ‘Burmese supari’ weighing approximately 82 tons aro  Rs 2.44 crores aro  491 logs alag alag kisim  timber Rs 2.5 crores daam laga   Manipur’s border villages Kamjong district (northeastern Manipur) Myanmar border te thurishe.

Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh laga Four Indian northeastern states  para Myanmar logote 1,640-km unfenced border share kureh.