A 32-year-old constable attached to the Kobeigane Police was killed after he was run over by a tipper truck driver during a raid of an illegal sand mining racket at Kobeigane in Nikaweratiya last night, police said. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said a five-member police team visited the location on a tip off midnight yesterday to raid the sand mining racket. A tipper truck carrying sand from the Deduru Oya had run over the police officers when the driver was ordered to stop, DIG Rohana said. He said the driver and the vehicle have been identified.