Srinagar : Police on Wednesday said that it has arrested three persons involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals in Pulwama district and later seized three vehicles from their possession.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that a Police party of Police Station Pulwama during Naka checking at Peaks Crossing intercepted three vehicles loaded with illegally extracted minerals, adding therein that the accused drivers were arrested and the vehicles used in the commission of crime were also seized.
Stating that a case under FIR No. 53/2024 under relevant sections of law was registered at Police Station Pulwama besides initiating investigation, the Police in the concluding para of its above quoted statement appealed people not to indulge in any kind of illegal mining activities from any Nallah as it is the violation of Government rules and warned that people found indulging in illegal mining activities shall be dealt as per law.