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“Since the natural resources in Bhadar river had depleted, the racketeers had targeted Und river where no lease has been given for mining till date,” said Gohil. Search is on for the operators of the racket, he added. Rajkot: An illegal sand mining racket was busted and 105 tonne sand and equipment worth crores of rupees were seized by the police following a raid on the bank of the river Und in Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar on Tuesday.Though no person was arrested, the police seized 14 dumper trucks (eight filled with sand), two tractors and an earthmover from the bank of river Und on the outskirts of village Badanpar.Jodiya police sub-inspector J C Gohil said that the illegal mining was going on since past three months and they had received several complaints over the period from locals..