MAPUSA
A flying squad headed by Bardez Mamlatdar Pravin Gawas along with Assistant Geologist, Omkar Naik Gaonkar and Anjuna Police and Coastal Police personnel raided a sand extraction site at Oxel, Siolim in the wee hours of Monday.
Talathi of Oxel Panchayat Sumit Shirodkar was also part of the raiding party.
Officials seized 80 cubic metres of illegally extracted sand during the raid. The stacks of illegally extracted sand was later dumped in the river as per the High Court directives.
The flying squad carried out the raid after receiving a complaint from the control room.
Sources informed that the accused involved in the illegal sand extraction were not present at the site and may have made good their escape on learning of the raid.
