Seventeen workers were arrested, while seven canoes were seized in a raid jointly conducted by the Mines and Geology department and Captain of Ports at a sand extraction site at Nhaibag-Pernem on Friday.
PERNEM
According to sources, the Mines department and Captain of Ports received information on sand was being extracted from Tiracol river. Acting on the tip-off, the officials of both the departments swung into action and raided the site at Nhaibag-Pernem in the wee hours of Friday.
The workers at the sand extraction site were taken into custody and were handed over to Pernem police, while seven canoes were seized out of which four did not have registration numbers. Pernem police have arrested the workers under Section 141 of IPC.
