A mobile court seized three dredging machines used for illegal sand lifting in Dhaleshwari River in Saturia upazila on Tuesday.
The mobile court, led by Executive Magistrate and Saturia Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Ashraful Alam, conducted a drive in the river and seized three dredgers.
The sand lifters fled the site before the mobile court arrived.
Later, the local administration set fire to the three dredging machines.