Recently, the Border Defense and Port and Shipping Public Security Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau quickly investigated and dealt with an illegal collection of river sand in the Minhang section of the Huangpu River. More than 10,000 tons of sand were illegally collected. It was found on the spot by the police during loading.

This is also the first case of damage to the environment and resources of the Yangtze River uncovered by Shanghai police since the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Yangtze River" was officially promulgated and implemented on March 1, 2021.

　　In early March, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau's Border Defense and Port and Shipping Public Security Bureau learned during its work that there were ships engaged in illegal sand mining activities in the upper waters of the Huangpu River.

　　After a week of continuous on-site investigations day and night, a dry bulk ship loaded with river sand berthed at the Shanghai Minhang Waters Wharf around 5 a.m. and then began to load and unload the barge. There were more than 5,800 tons of sand, with a case value of more than 500,000 yuan, and 8 criminal suspects were taken criminal compulsory measures in accordance with the law.

　　After arriving in the case, the suspect Liu confessed that in the early morning of March 11, he drove the ship with his crew members Tao and Zhang in the Tongling section of the Yangtze River in Anhui, drawing more than 1,000 tons of river sand from the bottom of the river, and then transporting the gravel to The Shanghai wharf was transported by small boats to other places for sale. I didn't expect to be caught by the police as soon as I arrived at the wharf.

Liu also confessed that he had illegally quarried sand at the above-mentioned location at the end of February and shipped it to Shanghai for sale. The two illegal mining of river sand totaled more than 11,600 tons, with a total value of more than 1 million yuan.

　　At present, the relevant 8 suspects have been taken criminal compulsory measures, and the case is under further investigation.

　　(Zhang Jian's video comes from Shanghai Public Security Bureau)

Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]