agarwoodskerala photos

Mr Nitin Patel(Nagpur.mumbay), his wife & Shamsudheen (m.d agarwoodskerala) Visited Agarwoodskerala Head Office Koottanad

Agarwood (gaharu) poachers managed to evade authorities in a raid organised by the state Forestry Department.

The raiding team of eight forest rangers hiked up to the peak of Mount Olivia, near Mount Erskine, on Friday afternoon following a tip-off from the public.

However, they only found a campsite with empty water bottles and various food containers.

It was a steep 500m hike to the peak, which is approximately 260m above sea level.

“The tents were able to accommodate at least eight people.

“We believe that these people are mobile and will switch locations once they’re done chopping down the valuable trees, so it is usually hard to trace them.

“We discovered two agarwood trees which were recently felled on the way up.

“The poachers had chopped the trees into smaller pieces to be processed or sold,” said Penang Forestry Department officer Samsul Kamal Buyong, who led the raiding team.

The sawdust surrounding the felled trees indicated that the poachers are now sawing the tree instead of chopping it with an axe.

Team of Agarwoodskerala & Srilanka forest Department and Sadaharitha group:-