Illegal sand mining on the Red River busted, 6 suspects detained

(Dan Tri) - Hanoi Traffic Police Department has just coordinated with functional units to destroy a large illegal sand mining case on the Red River, temporarily detaining 6 subjects.

On the evening of January 22, the Hanoi Traffic Police Department informed that this unit, in coordination with other functional forces, had just cracked down on an illegal sand mining case on the Red River, temporarily detaining 6 subjects and 2 watercraft.

The detained subjects include: Do Van T. (born in 1991, from Vinh Phuc), Truong Huu D. (born in 1988, from Phu Tho), Giap Van N. (born in 1977, from Bac Giang ), Vu Quoc T. (born in 1967, from Vinh Phuc), Tran Manh H. (born in 1982) and Tran Kim L. (born in 1989, from Vinh Phuc).

Police raided and discovered illegal sand mining on the Red River (Photo: Police provided).

According to the police, after many days of monitoring, reconnaissance and ambush, at 4:00 p.m. the same day, under the direct command of Colonel Tran Dinh Nghia, Head of the Hanoi Traffic Police Department, Waterway Police Team No. 1 coordinated with Department 8 (Traffic Police Department, Ministry of Public Security ) and Me Linh District Police to inspect and arrest a case of illegal sand mining in the Red River area, in Tien Thinh Commune, Me Linh District.

At that time, the police suddenly inspected the PT 2912 vessel, when some people on board were using sand mining equipment to suck sand from the Red River bed, and bring it to the cargo hold of the VP 1937 vessel.

On the cargo hold of ship VP 1937 there was about 100m3 of sand mixed with water, identified as sand just exploited from the riverbed (Photo: Provided by Police).

Checking at the scene, the police determined that on the PT 2912 vehicle there were three subjects including Do Van T. (born 1991, from Vinh Phuc) as the driver, Truong Huu D. (born 1988, from Phu Tho) and Giap Van N. (born 1977, from Bac Giang), all of whom were employees working on the ship.

On board the VP 1937 ship, there were also three people including Vu Quoc T. (born in 1967, from Vinh Phuc), the driver, Tran Manh H. (born in 1982) and Tran Kim L. (born in 1989, from Vinh Phuc), who were employees working on the ship.

At the time of inspection, the subjects could not present the mineral exploitation license issued by the competent authority, as well as documents related to the vehicle. In the cargo hold of the ship VP 1937, there was about 100m3 of sand mixed with water, identified as sand recently exploited from the riverbed.

Waterway Police Team No. 1 and the coordinating force have completed the initial documents, brought the violating vehicles to Son Tay port for temporary detention, continued verification and handling according to legal regulations.

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