In joint operation of police and Mining Department, one JCB, 55 trucks and six tractors were seized in two separate raids in the district. According to Mines Inspector Sunil Kumar, after instructions from the Deputy Commissioner Neha Arora, a joint team of the police and mining department conducted raids at village bordering State of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday and Thursday night, where 55 overloaded sand laden trucks were seized.
All the sand laden trucks were going to Uttar Pradesh from latehar, lohardaga and Palamu district.
As soon as after receiving information about the raid, other truck drivers carrying sand escaped after parking their trucks beside the Garhwa -Nagar Untari Main Road at several places.
In another raid team also seized one JCB, six tractor using in illegal mining from river band under Ketar Police station.