Illegal sand storage den raided; trucks, seized

Mangaluru, NT Bureau: The Mangaluru city police have raided an illegal sand storage den at Idya on the banks of the Phalguni River near Ulaibettu near here and confiscated 10 tipper trucks, a bulldozer and an earthmover.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Dhanya N Nayak told reporters here on Sunday that the raid was conducted based on a tip-off on illegal sand extraction on the Phalguni riverbank.

Two of the trucks seized were laden with sand.