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According to sources, acting on a tip-off, the officials intercepted two trucks laden with sand and two trucks laden with laterite stones. The trucks were seized, as the truckers failed to produce the required
documents.
Sources said illegal extraction of sand is still taking place in Marcela and Amona.
Efforts to contact Director of Mines and Geology Prasanna Acharya proved futile.
Meanwhile, Ponda police on Sunday evening intercepted a truck laden with mineral ore, after it was found that it was transporting ore beyond limit.
The truck had come from Hospet-Karnataka and the process of taking action against the truck was in progress.
