Locals allege officials and police of precious wood smuggling in Swat
By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: The local residents on Friday alleged the cedarwood smuggling from Kalam and its suburbs to other parts of the province and insisted the police and forest officials had connived with the people involved in the activity. Upper Swat is known for forests of cedar, whose precious wood is used to make doors and windows, and furniture due to durability. According to the people, there is no check on the illegal transportation of cedarwood from the area to other parts of the province. Bahrain village councillor Dost Mohammad Khan told this scribe that a small truck...
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