Close-up of the scene of "rock thieves" rampaging on Hon Cha mountain
During the morning and noon of May 11, under the scorching sun, dozens of police officers and soldiers, security guards, and order guards were still maintained to protect the scene, organize the seizure of evidence, vehicles, and demolish shacks in the illegal stone mining case that was just suppressed and eradicated in the East of Hon Cha Mountain (Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province).
Báo Sài Gòn Giải phóng•11/05/2025
SGGP Newspaper reporters followed members of the Security and Order Protection Team of Tran Quang Dieu Ward (Quy Nhon City) to record the reality of the "large construction site" of illegal stone mining on the back of Hon Cha Mountain.
The subjects opened large roads to mobilize motor vehicles and machinery.
Through recorded reality, the scene is very large in scale, the subjects opened a large road to mobilize motor vehicles and machinery to illegally mine stone; the scene shows that this incident took place over a long period of time.
An entire area of Hon Cha mountain was destroyed to mine for yellow stone. Authorities remained at the scene from the evening of May 10 to 11. The entire mountain was dug up and destroyed to "eviscerate" the golden stone resources. A temporary camp of "stone thieves" on the back of Hon Cha mountain "Stone bandits" operate openly as a licensed mine The objects use very sophisticated and almost noiseless stone mining technology. A large rock was quarried by a group of "rock thieves" and cut into slabs in the middle of the mountain top. Pulling power lines up to the top of the mountain to serve the operation of machinery and stone mining technology. Water storage for hydraulic quarrying to reduce noise Machinery, steam cylinders for hydraulic quarrying Machines on site Hydraulic injection system "carves" deep into the rock blocks A smooth cut block of stone After being mined, the stone blocks are marked, numbered, sized... before being transported for consumption. Finished stone blocks are prepared to be transported to consumers using yellow ox carts. The scene is littered with finished stone blocks. At the foot of the mountain are stone factories and enterprises in operation. Excavators were mobilized at the scene to serve illegal stone mining. A mountain range was excavated. Earlier, at noon on May 10, the forces had organized an ambush to capture a group of "rock thieves" at Hon Cha Mountain. During the suppression process, the authorities fired warning shots to capture the subjects.
Police are expanding the investigation into the case.
On May 11, a source from SGGP Newspaper reported that Tran Quang Dieu Ward Police sent a document to the Chairman of the Ward People's Committee asking for support in transporting evidence at the scene to serve the investigation.
According to Tran Quang Dieu Ward Police, on May 10, the unit coordinated with related forces to organize a raid and arrest a group of illegal stone miners in the East of Hon Cha Mountain (section 6, Tran Quang Dieu Ward).
Thereby, the authorities suppressed and detained 4 subjects, including: Ph.HXM (born in 1979, in Phuoc An commune); Ph.GL (born in 1990, in Phuoc Thanh commune); NNS (born in 1979, in Phuoc An commune) and PTB (born in 1979, in Phuoc Loc commune; both in Tuy Phuoc district, Binh Dinh province).
Currently, the case is being investigated and handled by Binh Dinh Provincial Police in coordination with other units and localities.
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