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However, during questioning it was revealed that the miscreants had plans to transport 3800 tonnes of sand in 59 wagons of the train to Uttar Pradesh. "The persons had not taken any permission from administration for transporting the sand through wagons to Uttar Pradesh, which is necessary as per law. The sand was brought in trucks from a sand quarry located in CDA sector 11. CUTTACK: Government Railway Police (GRP) on Saturday arrested two persons for illegally transporting sand from Cuttack to Uttar Pradesh through a train without valid permissions and documents.Acting on a tip-off, a team of district administration led by Collector Nirmal Mishra had raided Nergundi station, on the outskirts of Cuttack, on Friday night and found that huge amount of sand was being illegally transported to Uttar Pradesh.When the team reached Nergundi station, at least11 wagons were laden with the sand. Both were working for the agency which had taken lease of a sand quarry in CDA sector 11.Surprisingly, even the railway officials of Nergundi station expressed ignorance about the incident..