The Bermo police continuing with its anti-coal smuggling drive on Wednesday-Thursday night seized five tractors loaded with 25 tonnes of illegal coal and also arrested three persons involved in the illegal trade.The smugglers were arrested and the illegal coal seized from Pannak police station. According to ASP Bermo the tractors ferrying illegal coal were caught by a police team at Tetariabera forest area late night on Wednesday-Thursday at 1am. Police sources said that tonnes of coal extracted from the illegal mines are kept in the open leaving enough scope of theft by smugglers, allegedly in connivance with some insiders. The huge seizure from a small area is an indication that theft from mines at Govindpur and personal mines continue unabated. Those arrested include Babuchand Thakur ,Saiyad and one other, while others managed to escape.