SRINAGAR, July 16 -- Police, in coordination with the Geology and Mining Department and the Flood Control Department, carried out a series of enforcement drives against illegal mining in Pulwama and Baramulla, seizing vehicles, boats and mining equipment, besides registering a case and demolishing unauthorised access ramps.
In Pulwama, a joint team of Police Post Newa and the Geology and Mining Department intercepted a tipper (JK13B-5772) at Wanpora allegedly carrying illegally extracted sand. Police said the driver failed to produce valid documents authorising transportation of the material. The vehicle was seized, handed over to the Geology and Mining Department and challaned under the relevant mining laws.
In another operation at Yader...