Tura, Dec. 5 -- Timber smugglers around Chibinang area have come out with a novel way of beating the crackdown on illegal timber smuggling by employing boats to ferry timber from Garo Hills to Assam.According to local sources, the crackdown on the timber mills in and around the Chibinang under Phulbari Police Station in West Garo Hills has hit the smuggling trade very hard, with timber smugglers not only shifting base and moved their illegal activities into the neighboring state they are also seeking new way to go undetected at the various check point that has been set up.

Chibinang area has been the mainstay of the illegal timber trade before concerted efforts by the state forest department along with the GHADC forest staff, ensured tha...