Police seize illegal sea-sand in Andamans

Port Blair, Mar 09 (UNI) Andaman and Nicobar police have seized 380 bags of sea sand, illegally extracted from Andaman sea coast, and arrested two persons, police said today.

The sand was seized in two cases. Extraction of sand is prohibited in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

''In the first case a police party saw a truck under suspicious condition and after chasing it, police recovered 70 bags of sea sand. The driver of the vehicle could not produce any document for transporting or procuring the sea sand,'' police said.

In the second case, 310 bags of sea sand were seized at Burma Jetty, Bambooflat in a joint operation conducted by the staff of Central Crime Station and Andaman and Nicobar police.

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