Mangalore: City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh, DK Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav and Assistant Commissioner Prabhulinga Kavalikatti, assisted by officers in Geology, mining, revenue, RTO and Police Departments, today carried out a swing raid on illegal; sand mining spots at Harekala and Pavoor in Konaje police limits, following public complaints on illegal sand-mining activities coming in persistently.
The raids took place in the afternoon of Tuesday. Nine trucks loaded with sand were stopped on their tracks by officials, policemen and seized. Konaje SI S.F Lohar took part in these legal operations.
DC Yadav told the press that FIR would be filed against all violators.  The seized vehicles had no GPS and no display numbers either. The temporary platform used to let the lorry to the waterfront would be demolished, he added.