Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 19: Acting tough against the illegal extraction and transportation of minerals, police today seized 40 vehicles and arrested 21 drivers in Ganderbal and Kulgam districts.
Police in a series of actions against illegal extraction and transportation of minerals have seized 31 vehicles including 19 tippers & 12 tractors loaded with illegally extracted Bajri/sand and boulders stones from Nallah Sindh.
“Besides, 12 persons were arrested for their involvement in illegal extraction & transportation of minerals,” police said.
Similarly in Kulgam, a police party of Police Station Qaimoh seized 9 vehicles loaded with illegal sand and bolders at Khudwani Bypass and arrested their drivers for their involvement in the illegal extraction and transportation of minerals.
Cases under relevant sections of the law have been registered at respective police stations and an investigation has been initiated, police said.
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