NAGPUR: Khaparkheda police seized two Bolero pickup vehicles carrying sand allegedly transported without valid permits in separate actions in the Rohana and Pota areas of Nagpur district on October 28. The police seized vehicles and sand collectively valued at ₹10.10 lakh and registered cases against four men for alleged illegal sand transportation.

According to police inputs, personnel conducting raids against illegal activities received confidential information about unauthorised sand transportation in the Rohana area. Acting on the tip-off, a police team reached the spot and allegedly caught two men transporting around one brass of sand without a valid permit in a Bolero pickup bearing registration number MH-40-DC-0870.

The vehicle, valued at ₹5 lakh, and the sand, estimated to be worth ₹5,000, were seized in the presence of witnesses. The two accused were identified as Salim Siddiqui, 24, a resident of Valni Colony, and Soheb Naimuddin Sheikh, 25, from Valni.

In a separate action, police intercepted another Bolero pickup, bearing registration number MH-40-CT-7413, near Pota village on the Chankapur road in Saoner taluka. The vehicle was allegedly carrying around one brass of sand without the required authorisation.

Police seized the second vehicle, valued at ₹5 lakh, along with sand worth ₹5,000. The accused were identified as Bhagwan Kamble, 37, a resident of Om Nagar in Chankapur, and Mayur Sundarlal Bonia, 23, from Jay Bhole Nagar in Chankapur.

Cases were registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, and the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.