17 illegal sand miners booked in 1 day

Officials, who have booked 17 more sand transporters in a single day on Tuesday, said that most of the transporters were from outside Nashik district.

"Of all the 349 vehicles penalized during the special drive to nab illegal sand miners, eighty percent were of those who came from outside the district. The accused were either transporting the sand to the the district or sand from here was being transported towards Mumbai," additional district collector R V Game said on Wednesday.

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