Illegal sand mining racket busted in Puri, 25 trucks seized, 9 held

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Puri: In a success to district administration against sand mafias on prowl at Puri sea beach, it arrested at least nine persons and seized 25 trucks from their possession after conducting a raid in Sipasarubali area last night.

As per the report, a joint team of Puri district administration, Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU), Roads & Buildings (R&B) division along with Baliapanda and Sea Beach Police Station officials raided the trucks while carrying sands illegally extracted from Sipasarubali area.

While the trucks have been seized and kept at the local tehsil office, the held drivers are being interrogated, informed district administration sources.

Notably, the illegal sand mining came to fore recently after largescale damage to the underground cabling in the area was detected by Baliapanda Electricity Sub Station staff. Suspecting mining activity behind the discrepancy they lodged a case with police later.

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