Hatadihi/Baula: The mining department, Nandipada police and the Hatadihi tehsildar jointly seized 10 Hyva trucks carrying sand illegally during a raid on the Rana-Samana road in Hatadihi block of Kendujhar district Tuesday.
Four truck drivers have been detained for questioning, while vehicles with valid documents were allowed to go.
The illegal transportation was reportedly being carried out at night, with sand extracted from the river.
A joint team comprising officials of the Kendujhar mining department, Anandapur SDPO Kamal Panda, sub-collector Nila Madhab Suna, Nandipada police station officer-in-charge Dharmendra Shanti and Hatadihi tehsildar Sanjay Samantaray, along with police personnel, conducted the raid.
Some other vehicles allegedly escaped after dumping their sand on the road.
