Local Maritime Safety Administration of Xiantao City, Hubei Province Cracks Down on Illegal Sand Mining

Over the past few days, the local Maritime Bureau of Xiantao City, Hubei Province, jointly with the Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Municipal Water Conservancy and Lake Bureau, has conducted a cruise inspection of the Xiantao section of the Hanjiang River to resolutely crack down on illegal sand mining with a "zero tolerance" attitude. During the inspection of the local Maritime Bureau

of Xiantao City, five ships were found to be suspicious near the coastline of Xiantao Port and suspected of illegal sand mining operations. Subsequently, maritime personnel boarded the ship for inspection and found that three ships had been loaded with green sand, one of the other two was an illegally refitted sand dredger, one was an empty ship, and all the ships could not produce the corresponding documents. On-site law enforcement officers immediately organized personnel to detain the corresponding vessels and carried out follow-up investigation and evidence collection. The local Maritime Bureau

of Xiantao City will continue to carry out joint inspection operations by departments, and continue to maintain the high-pressure situation of cracking down on illegal sand mining (transportation) by means of UAV "air cruise + shouting publicity".