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DHAKA, July 28, 2025 (BSS) - Some 50 boats loaded with stones and five trucks with sand were seized in Jaflong of Sylhet on Monday.
 
In addition, more than 5,250 cubic feet of illegally extracted stones were seized through a mobile court drive in Tahirpur, Sunamganj, on July 24 with an estimated market value of Taka 2,62,510, a handout said today.

The Executive Magistrate of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division conducted the drive. This drive will continue against illegal extraction and transportation of mineral resources to protect natural resources and ensure government revenue, the handout said.