Acting tough against the persons involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals, Police in Ganderbal have arrested 15 persons and seized 59 vehicles during the last two months.
A Police spokesman said that Under the directions of SSP Ganderbal Shri Nikhil Borkar-IPS, special police teams were constituted, led by SHOs and DOs of PSs and PPs of Ganderbal under the supervision of SDPO Kangan Shri Muzaffar Jan-JKPS & DySP Hqr’s Ganderbal Shri Gh Hassan-JKPS to check the menace of illegal extraction and transportation of minerals in the District. During the course of action, 15 drivers were arrested, 14 vehicles (08 tippers and 06 tractors) were also seized during the last two months. These vehicles were loaded with illegally extracted Bajri/Sand & Boulders from Nallah Sindh Ganderbal.
In this regard, cases under relevant sections of law were registered at respective police stations and investigations taken up.
Meanwhile, during joint action by Ganderbal Police alongwith Geology and Mining Department raided at different locations in the district and seized 27 tippers and 18 tractors for the illegal extraction of minerals from Nallah Sind Ganderbal.
