China News Service, Beijing, September 8 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) Li Jingsheng, director of the Public Security Administration of the Ministry of Public Security of China, stated in Beijing on the 8th that in January this year, the Ministry of Public Security deployed a special operation to combat illegal sand mining in the Yangtze River. There were 251 criminal cases in Sarawak, 914 suspects were arrested, and the amount involved was 123 million yuan.
On the same day, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference to report on the effectiveness of cracking down on illegal sand mining in the Yangtze River.
Li Jingsheng informed at the meeting that in January this year, the Ministry of Public Security deployed Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other Yangtze River Basin 10 provinces (cities) and the Yangtze River Shipping public security organs to crack down on illegal mining in the Yangtze River. The sand special operation insists on combating sand-related crimes with a "zero tolerance" attitude.
Over the past eight months, the public security organs along the Yangtze River have detected a number of important cases and eliminated a number of criminal gangs who committed crimes against the wind. The special operations have achieved phased and obvious results, which have strongly deterred the illegal sand mining crimes in the Yangtze River Basin and effectively defended them. The ecological safety of the Yangtze River, the safety of navigation channels, and the safety of flood control have effectively provided a strong guarantee for the protection of the Yangtze River.
In recent years, as various places along the Yangtze River and relevant departments have generally increased their efforts to crack down on illegal sand mining, large-scale illegal sand mining activities in the Yangtze River Basin have been significantly reduced, but the price of natural river sand that is in short supply continues to rise, and some criminals have been driven by huge profits. , Under severe crackdown and high pressure, they still take risks and commit crimes against the wind, and the characteristics of ganging, organization, and concealment of illegal crimes are becoming more and more obvious.
Li Jingsheng pointed out that in response to this situation, since this year, under the guidance of the Ministry of Public Security’s unified deployment and guidance, the public security organs in various places along the Yangtze River have always focused on the six elements of “person, ship, sand, certificate, case, and money” and “collection and refutation”. We will comprehensively strengthen various work measures such as combating, preventing, managing, controlling, and propagating in the four links of "transportation, transportation, and marketing". At the same time, we will carefully collect and carefully check the relevant clues reported by the masses, and check every clue of sand-related issues. Check thoroughly, keep an eye on them, and vigorously promote important progress in special actions.
So far, 251 criminal cases involving sand have been cracked, 914 suspects have been arrested, 88 criminal gangs have been destroyed, and 275 illegal sand mining and transporting ships have been seized, with a total amount of 123 million yuan.
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