Troops serving the 54 Division areas in Mannar have alerted the Police to nab illicit tree-fellers in the dense jungles of Silawathura after members of the Army came across a large stock of timber, felled by them.
During routine surveillance patrols in and around those jungles, the troops came across 80 felled trees of 12 ft tall, 120 pieces of 15 ft tall and 100 Palu trees.
Troops have alerted the area Police against these criminal activities.
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