Team Goemkarponn
MANDREM: Mandrem Police have registered an offence against a truck driver for allegedly transporting illegally extracted river sand worth approximately Rs 8,000 at Agarwada, Chopdem, Pernem, on November 11.
According to police, the offence was registered at 1.55 pm on November 11, 2026, based on a complaint lodged by Police Constable Madhu Shahaji Kambli, aged 41, attached to Mandrem Police Station.
The incident reportedly took place at around 5.10 am on November 11, when the accused, identified as Pappu Kumar Singh, 36, a resident of Banastari, Bhoma, Ponda, originally from Kheroun Deochanda Barhi, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, was allegedly found transporting illegally extracted sand from a river without obtaining permission from the concerned authorities.
Police stated that the accused, who was driving an Ashok Leyland truck bearing registration number GA-05-T-8993, had allegedly loaded the sand into the vehicle for clandestine transportation.
The illegally extracted sand is estimated to be worth approximately Rs 8,000.
Further investigation in the case is in progress under PSI Abhishekh Chodankar of Mandrem Police Station.
