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Budgam, Oct 05: Over the past nine months, Budgam Police, in collaboration with Geology and Mining Department, have filed 48 FIRs and confiscated 352 vehicles which were involved in illegal mining across the district.

A police official from Budgam district said that, in collaboration with the Geology and Mining Department, they have registered 48 FIRs and seized 352 vehicles this year, including 149 tractors, 161 tippers, 2 dumpers, 7 L&T machines, and 33 JCBs.

“The efforts against illegal mining have been heightened throughout the district, resulting in the seizure of 26 vehicles and the registration of one FIR in the past week,” he said.

The official said that the vehicles seized in the last week comprise 18 tippers, 1 dumper, 6 tractors, and 1 LNT machine, which were

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