Sand and trucks seized in raids

Sand and trucks seized in raids

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, July 12, 2014: A vigilence team of Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim, Puttur Tahsildar, Revenue Inspectors, PWD engineer and others seized 16.5 loads of sand stored illegally, at Karnoor in Nettanige village of Puttur taluk on Friday evening. The sand was stored for transporting to Kerala. Based on a complaint, the DC conducted the raid.

 

 

 

 

 

According to officials, 12 loads of sand was stored in the land belonging to Abdulla. The sand was stored by Ashraf and Safi. In the land belonging to Babu, two and half loads of sand was stored and in the land belonging to Ibrahim, two loads of sand was stored.  The official said that FIR is to be filed against the land owners for allowing individuals to store sand illegally.

7 Lorries seized : In another incident,  officials from mines and geology department seized seven lorries transporting sand to Kerala illegally, at Talapady on July 11. Acting on information that lorries with Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka registration are transporting sand illegally, the officials conducted a raid.  During the inspection, the officials found two lorries were transporting sand mixed with cement in a new concept.