Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Feb 2: In a joint operation conducted by police personnel of rural station here and officials of mines and geology department on Wednesday February 1, two truck drivers were arrested. Three trucks loaded with sand were confiscated.

A truck moving with a load of sand towards Udupi was intercepted near Bikarnakatte. The truck was coming from Adyar here. Truck driver, Razack from Uppinangady, has been arrested. Assets worth over Rs 10.5 lac were seized in this case.

When a truck carrying sand was stopped at Neermarga, truck driver, identified as Kiran, abandoned the truck and ran away. In this incident, assets worth over Rs 20.6 lac including the truck were seized.

A lorry carrying sand load to Kerala was stopped and its driver, Shivanand (34) from Uppinangady, was arrested. The driver was later handed over to rural police station.

In a raid at Kulur, Panambur police stopped a sand-laden mini truck near Kudremukh Junction on Wednesday. The sand in the truck was not backed by any records. The truck was confiscated, and a case was registered in Panambur police station.

Mines and geology department officer, Harish Mohan, rural station police sub-inspector, Venkatesh, police sub-inspector, Harish, and others took part in these raids. The accused were produced in court upon which they were remanded to two weeks of judicial custody.