Illegal mining racket busted in Devbhumi Dwarka

RAJKOT: The rapid response (RR) cell of Rajkot range police busted an alleged illegal mining racket in Devbhumi Dwarka on Sunday.
During patrolling at Mevasa village, RR cell sleuths conducted a raid following intense mining activities being undertaken on a land parcel. Police said that three excavating machines and four dumper trucks were involved in the mining activity in the land of one Dadu Kandoriya.
As they could not furnish proper documents, the vehicles were seized and the operators and drivers of the vehicles along with Kandoriya were detained.The custody of vehicles and eight detainees were handed over to Kalyanpur police for further investigation.