Ambush to quickly arrest illegal sand mining barges

The Waterway Traffic Police Department of Ha Tinh Police has just arrested a barge illegally mining sand on the Ngan Sau River.

After a period of monitoring, at around 4:15 a.m. on April 22, the Ha Tinh Waterway Traffic Police discovered and arrested the barge of Mr. Pham Kim Ngan (born in 1970 in Truong Son commune, Duc Tho district) illegally mining sand on the Ngan Sau river, through Son Long commune, Huong Son district.

Ha Tinh Waterway Traffic Police Department handles the violating vehicle owner at the scene.

At the scene, authorities discovered about 6 cubic meters of sand that had just been dredged up on the barge. Meanwhile, the vehicle owner could not present any documents related to sand mining activities in this area.

Ha Tinh Waterway Traffic Police have drawn up a record of the violation, temporarily detained the vehicle and completed the file for handling according to the provisions of law.

It is known that recently, illegal sand mining has been taking place frequently on the Ngan Sau River, which borders the three districts of Vu Quang, Huong Son and Duc Tho, causing loss of natural resources and is the main cause of riverbank erosion, greatly affecting people's lives./.

According to VOV