SHILLONG: Police have detected three trucks over the last one week allegedly illegally transporting coal in West Khasi Hills and East Jaintia Hills districts.
On July 11, around 5 pm, police detected and seized one truck (ML-04B-2789) driven by Dapborlin Puweiñ (35 yrs), while illegally transporting coal at Umsor village under Shallang PS in West Khasi Hills.
Earlier, on July 9, around 4.35 am, police received information from I/c DMR Check Gate, Umkiang, East Jaintia Hills that two suspected coal-laden trucks had evaded checking fled.
Following this, police along with DMR staff carried out ‘naka’ checking at Ar-Kilo area near Umkiang (EJH) and detected the two trucks (AS-10AC-3673 & AS-10HC-4701), illegally transporting coal in violation of NGT order. Enquiry found Vicky Sumer (31), Saharul Alam (22), Ahad Hussain (21), Jasim Uddin and Islam Uddin to be involved in the case.
