The Ministry of Public Security deploys special operations to combat illegal sand mining crimes on the Yangtze River
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3 (Reporter Xiong Feng) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security on the 3rd that the Ministry of Public Security issued the "Special Action Plan for Public Security Organs to Combat Crimes of Illegal Sand Excavation on the Yangtze River" and deployed 10 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River Shipping Police The agency carried out a one-year special crackdown operation to severely crack down on illegal sand mining crimes in the Yangtze River in accordance with the law, and earnestly maintain the Yangtze River flood control safety, waterway safety, and ecological safety.
Launching a special operation to combat illegal sand mining crimes in the Yangtze River is an important part of the work of public security organs to ensure the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
According to the unified deployment, the 10 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River Shipping Public Security Bureau will carry out special operations to intensively detect a number of criminal cases involving illegal sand mining in the Yangtze River that have a wide range of coverage, great social impact, and strong public feedback, and quickly destroy a number of illegal sand mining, Criminal networks and dens that transport and sell Jiangsha sand, crack down and deal with a group of criminals and gangs who "resist the wind" in accordance with the law, resolutely cut off the underground industrial chain of illegal mining, transportation and trafficking of Jiangsha sand, and resolutely curb illegal sand mining crimes in the Yangtze River activity.
The Ministry of Public Security requires that the investigation of clues should be strengthened, case solving problems should be strengthened, water area management and control should be strengthened, mechanism construction should be strengthened, propaganda and launching should be strengthened to ensure that the special action achieves tangible results.
It is necessary to unblock the mass reporting channels and mobilize and encourage the masses to actively report criminal clues by publicly reporting telephone numbers, websites, and rewarding effective reporting.
The Ministry of Public Security has set up a 24-hour reporting hotline 010-66262044 and a reporting email address changjiangjinbu@163.com, and opened private messaging reports on the "China Police Online" Weibo and WeChat public account platforms.
It is understood that the Ministry of Public Security has recently listed and supervised 14 key cases of illegal sand mining, requiring greater investigation efforts, rapid collection of evidence, ascertaining the facts of the crime, and cracking down on the organizers, operators, profiters and behind the scenes of illegal sand mining "Umbrella".
In 2020, the public security organs along the Yangtze River and Changhang Airlines will deepen the comprehensive rectification of prominent public security issues in the main waters of the Yangtze River, and severely crack down on illegal sand mining crimes in the Yangtze River in accordance with the law. In the whole year, more than 1,300 illegal sand mining cases have been detected and more than 1,900 suspects have been arrested.