On the direction of Khordha district Collector Sanat Kumar Mohanty, the local Tehsildars along with police personnel conducted raids at different places to check illegal transportation of minor minerals like sand, laterite stones and basalt morum on Thursday.
The teams seized as many as six trucks, a tractor and six power-tillers engaged in illegal transportation of sand and leterite stones.
While the move has panicked miner mineral mafia in the district, such raids would continue in the district in coming days, said an official.