Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jun 6: In a joint operation conducted by the police personnel of Bajpe station here with the officials of the mines and geology department on Tuesday June 5, spots, where sand extracted illegally was stored, were raided. 853 loads of sand worth about Rs 35 lac were seized.
After getting information on Tuesday morning that illegally mined sand was stored at different spots within their limits, Bajpe police launched operation immediately. 313 loads of sand was found in Badagulipady village, 233 loads in Narlapadavu, Mogaru village, and 307 loads from near Moodu Ferar church were confiscated.
A special team formed for the purpose led by assistant commissioner of police, Gopalakrishna Nayak and inspectors, Parashivamurthy and K Srinivas, guided by city police commissioner, Vipul Kumar, and deputy commissioners of police, Hanumantharaya and Uma Prashanth, conducted this operation. Rajashekhar, inspector of the cyber cell police station, geologist, B K Murthy, village accountants, Muttappa and Dinesh, central crime branch police sub-inspector, Kabbalraj, and others were present.