Police in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, intercepted eight vessels from Shanghai that were about to dump garbage on the banks of picturesque Taihu Lake in the Suzhou Taihu National Tourism Vacation Zone.

A total of 4,000 metric tons of garbage on the vessels was covered by tarpaulins. It consisted of construction waste and house hold materials.

According to Suzhou Release, the official WeChat account of Suzhou city, more than 10 vessels fled the scene when local maritime authorities arrived.