Continuing anti-coal smuggling drive on Friday morning, police seized 13 motorbikes loaded with 200 bags of illegal coal and also arrested one Santosh Bhokta of Armo village involved in the illegal trade under the Bokaro thermal police station here, SDPO, R. Ramkumar said .The coal, seized in 13 motorbikes, is weighed 2 tonnes which cost worth more than Rs 20,000.
The SDPO said the motorbikes ferrying illegal coal was caught at Budhagada more area in Nawadih /Bermo block.The coal was loaded on the bikes from abandoned mines in Govindpur and was being transported to other destination. About 10 to 12 coal smugglers managed to escape, police said. This is the second routine recovery of illegal coal in span of past one week.
