Illegally Extracted, Transported Aggregates Apprehended

By: Diana E. Jutba, GPC-ENRU | Photo By: GPC-ENRU | Date: October 8, 2020

The Office of the Provincial Governor- Environment and Natural Resources Unit (OPG-ENRU) staff together with personnel from the Provincial Treasury Office (PTO) and members of the Multi-partite Monitoring Team of Sand and Gravel Operation of La Union apprehend an illegally extracted and transported aggregates at San Juan, La Union on October 8, 2020.
While the team composed of representatives from OPG-ENRU; Mines and Geosciences Bureau; Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office; and Local Government Units were conducting monitoring of sand and gravel operations in Brgy. Cabaroan and Brgy. Nagatuiran, San Juan, they spotted a truck coming from the upstream of the river, an area with no approved permit to conduct quarry operations. The team flagged down the truck and asked for clearances/legal documents for the extraction and transport of aggregates. The driver of the truck from San Gabriel, La Union failed to present legal papers so the team instructed the driver to unload his cargo. He was fined by the PTO and the aggregates were then turned over to LGU-San Juan.