During a nakabandi to curb wood smuggling in the forest area of Wada in Thane, the local cops helped forest officials rescue a bullock and two cows while they were being smuggled to Gujarat in a car. While trying to escape the cops, the accused banged the vehicle into a parked tractor. Thereafter, they abandoned it and fled into the forest.

The Wada police have registered an FIR against three unknown people for allegedly trying to smuggle the animals. The cops said that there have been some recent instances of wood smuggling and they were patrolling the area when the incident happened.