Visakhapatnam police inspect 381 scrap shops for illegal activities

The metropolis constabulary connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) conducted astonishment checks connected scrap shops wrong the metropolis limits to place immoderate amerciable activities oregon hazardous practices. The checks were carried retired connected the instructions of Commissioner of Police Shankabratha Bagchi.

As per the police, arsenic galore arsenic 64 constabulary teams comprising of astir 200 unit took portion successful the inspections and checked arsenic galore arsenic 381 scrap shops. The inspections focused connected whether CCTVs had been installed, their operational status, the beingness of kid labour, concern details, and the benignant of scrap business—such arsenic retail scrap, bulk yard, dismantler, conveyance breaker, oregon e-waste handler. The constabulary officials besides checked whether the shops had valid commercialized licence number, shops and establishments registration, acquisition and income registers, currency books, occurrence extinguishers, and if the store is simply a registered conveyance scrapping installation (RVSF), etc.

During the inspections, the constabulary seized 204 kg copper, 53 kg silver, 70 kg metallic mixed with iron, 12 kg cablegram wires, 3 metallic coils, 2 vehicles, which were unauthorised.

The seized spot has been handed implicit to the respective transgression constabulary stations and 4 cases were registered.

Mr. Bagchi said that strict enactment volition beryllium taken against immoderate scrap store recovered indulging successful amerciable activities, unsafe practices, oregon negligence wrong the metropolis limits.