Thane Forest department officials acting on a tip off seized the redsanders stock yesterday from a truck near APMC market at Vashi and arrested five persons, Assistant Commissioner of Forests Thane, YP Mohite told PTI.
The seized stock was valued around Rs 90 lakhs, he said.
The sanders were concealed in gunny bags filled with coconuts.
Mohite said offences under sections of the Indian Forest Act have been registered against the arrested accused Surajkumar Pal, 27, Rakesh Tiwari, 37, Chandan Shettiar, 40, Rohit Kamble, 27 and Prashant Singh, 21.