More than 8 tonnes of illegal coal have been seized by police here on Monday late evening. Coal smugglers were totally taken in by surprise on Monday evening, when the Inspector-cum-Officer-in charge, Umesh Kumar Thakur along with other forces launched a sudden raid on Jarandih railway siding. Some feel that the coal smugglers had already got wing of the impending raid.
Seeing the police party the smugglers beat a hasty retreat, nearly 8 tonnes of steam coal was kept near buses was recovered from the intensive operation.while the Police sources said coal is carted on bicycle and others communication and dumped in the Jarandih residential colony from where it is transported to other destinations.
