Siddipet: Siddipet police seized 64 tonnes of coal from the Singareni collieries while it was being transported illegally in an auto-trolley and in two lorries at Ramunipatla village of Chinna Koduru Mandal in the early hours of Tuesday.
Sub-inspector of Police Chinna Koduru Shivanandam said they had stopped the vehicles during a routine checking exercise and found the coal in the vehicles. He said the smuggled coal was being sold to brick kiln owners in the locality.