India, Feb. 19 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested two policemen from the Palghar District Magistrate's flying squad who allegedly stopped truck drivers transporting sand and soil and demanded a bribe of Rs.1 lakh from them. A middleman, who paid the bribe, was also arrested.

According to the ACB officers, large quantities of sand, gravel, and soil are illegally transported on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway by evading the authorities. To combat this, the Palghar District Magistrate formed a flying squad in 2022 that patrols the highway and acts against illegal transporters by confiscating their vehicles and imposing fines.

The complainant, a stone transporter, owns two trucks. Both his vehicles were travelling on the M...