Srinagar : Police on Monday seized 26 vehicles and 01 JCB machine while challaning 13 heavy motor vehicles (HMVs) during an extensive multi-district crackdown on illegal mining and traffic violations across Kulgam, Sopore, Baramulla, Awantipora, and Anantnag.
In a statement issued here on Monday, Police said that Kulgam Police registered three FIRs (Nos. 274/2026, 275/2026, 276/2026) while seizing four tractors carrying illegal riverbed material. Moreover 10 other vehicles were also seized besides which 13 HMVs were challaned. Sopore Police seized five mineral-transporting vehicles, Baramulla Police seized a tipper (JK05B-4113), Awantipora Police registered FIRs (Nos. 102/2026 and 104/2026) seizing a JCB machine, arresting driver Mohd Sakib Sheikh S/O Mohd Asik Sheikh R/O Dusoo, Pulwama, presently R/O Doonnard, Pampore, alongside two tippers (JK01Q-0301, JK01AT-2525), and Anantnag Police seized four tractors at Telwani Achabal.
