Jammu April 18 (KNS) : Police in Jammu on Sunday said that it has seized 12 vehicles and a JCB involved in illegal mining in Tawi river bed area of the winter capital.

A police statement issued on Sunday said " Jammu police raided Tawi river-bed area and seized 12 different vehicles and JCB involved in illegal mining", adding that " following inputs about illegal mining in Tawi river bed area police teams of P/S Domana, P/S Kahnachak, PP Chinore, PP Pounichak, BPP Sandwan, BPP Gajansoo were constituted under the supervision of SDPO Domana Sh. Kousheen Koul".

Police in it's statement further said that the teams led by SHO P/S Domana Inspr. Mahesh Sharma, SHO P/S Kahnachak Inspr. Vishav Partap Singh, I/C PP Chinore SI AK Choudary, I/C PP Pounichak SI Dilawer Kumar, I/C BPP Sandwan SI Pawan Kumar, I/C BPP Gajansoo SI Lalit Sharma raided Tawi river-bed area and seized 12 different vehicles and JCB involved in illegal mining.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel

The details of the vehicles seized, according to the police statement, are as under:JK21E-0659,CH. No- 06524,JK02BX- 1621,CH. No -76767,CH. No-022417,CH. No-76747,JCB- CH. No- 291627,CH No-10835,JK02CH-5713,CH No-03969,CH. No-00474,CH. No-35590,CH. No-00378. 

In the concluding para of it's above referred statement police said "the mining was done in violation of order of Jammu & Kashmir High Court" , adding that b"in order to strictly implement the drive against illegal mining and to tighten noose against the violators of the law Jammu Police has initiated strict action".(KNS)