Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal
Bantwal, July 4: Vittal police seized two tipper lorries allegedly transporting illegally mined sand without valid permits and booked two drivers following a raid in Bantwal taluk on Friday.
Acting on credible information that sand was being transported illegally without the required permits, Vitla Police Inspector Prakash Devadiga, along with his team, conducted a raid at Ojala in Kula village on the afternoon of July 4.
During the operation, the police intercepted two sand-laden tipper lorries bearing registration numbers KA-51-AA-3057 and KA-21-C-6924.
The drivers, identified as Mohammed Irfan (28), a resident of Kodipady in Puttur, and Naushad (26), a resident of Kabaka in Puttur, allegedly admitted during questioning that the sand had been loaded illegally from Alankaru in Kadaba taluk and was being transported without any valid permit or supporting documents.
The police seized both the tipper lorries and registered a case at Vittal police station as Crime No. 149/2026 under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023; Sections 4(1), 4(1A) and 21 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957; and Sections 3 and 44 of the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1994.
Further investigation is under way.