The Bengabad police of Giridih district conducted raids within Bengabad police station jurisdiction and recovered more than 5 tonnes of illegal coal. Motorbikes and bull-card loaded with illegal coal were also seized during the police action and three persons identified as Md Kalim ,Pankanj Das and Premi Mukesh were arrested in this connection .
It has been one of the huge seizures of illegal coal made by the Giridih police here on Tuesday following direct orders from the Superintendent of police, Giridih Akhlesh V. Varier early this morning, a police team lead by the officer-in charge of Bengabad police station Manoj Kumar, raided an illegally run depot at Bengabad locality .The illegal coal dump was functioning following the dumping of illegally mined coal and was being run by some coal smugglers.
According to police sources, when the police team reached at the locality and pounced upon them and arrested three persons and also seized several motorbikes and bull-cards with stolen coal were seized. The raids which will be continued in routine work as created panic among transporters of coal ,said Manoj Kumar ,O/C of Bengabad police station .