The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday said that it has seized around 8 MTs of Red Sanders wood near Mumbai valuing approximately Rs 7.9 crores in the illicit market.

In an official statement the DRI said that on basis of specific intelligence, the officers of DRI, Mumbai Zonal Unit mounted surveillance on a syndicate attempting to smuggle Red Sanders wood out of India by declaring the same as Granite marble slabs.