When people passing over the bridge saw people lugging away big sacks of soil below, they informed the county government. The county officials in charge of preventing "excessive taking of sand and stones" came with the police. Tongue-tied and unable to produce any permits, the diggers were arrested.
在其他縣市，公有地最大的悲劇是沒人在乎，偏偏宜蘭人愛「管閒事」，路過橋上的縣民，見有人膽大包天在河川地上亂挖，查報到縣府，承辦濫採砂石的人員夥同警察來了，挖土人張口結舌，拿不出許可證，當場被收押。