Kishore Peraje
Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal
Bantwal, Sep 25: The Bantwal police led by ASP Rahul Kumar on Wednesday September 24 night seized nine trucks that were transporting sand illegally.
The trucks were seized near Melkar.
Based on credible information that sand would be illegally transported from Mangalore to Bangalore, the ASP and his team conducted inspection of vehicles on Wednesday night and seized the trucks.
It is learnt that though the police had received information about 30 trucks transporting sand illegally, they managed to seize only nine. Suspecting that the remaining trucks might have been diverted to other routes to avoid inspection, ASP Rahul Kumar proceeded towards Farangipet and conducted the operation there too, sources said.
Circle inspector Beliappa, Bantwal town police SI Nanda Kumar, rural police SI Nagaraj, Vittal police SI Raghavendra T R and other police personnel were part of the operation.