Three persons were arrested for trespassing on a reserve forest to mine minerals from the artisanal mines of Devala in Gudalur forest division on Wednesday.
The accused have been identified as G. Yoghendran from Devala hatty, P. Paramaeshwaran from Ponnur and V. Jayachandran from Kil Nadugani in Gudalur.
Forest Department officials from the Pandalur forest range, who received a tip-off about the movement of the individuals, conducted a search operation and apprehended the three persons in the Gold Mines reserves forest near Ponnur.
