A team of officers led by Tahsildar arrested two persons and seized a tractor used for illegal stone quarry works at Gajarajagiri hills near Kapanahalli Gavimutt in the taluk on Thursday.

Tahsildar Dr H L Nagaraj and others paid a surprise visit to the Gajarajagiri hills following complaints of illegal stone quarrying.

Interestingly, quarrying has been going on unabated near Siddalingeshwara