No Documents, Aceh Police Stop Illegal Mining Activities In East Aceh

The Aceh Police Team stopped mining activities in East Aceh Regency. (Doc. ANTARA/HO-Bidhumas Polda Aceh)

The rise of land mining activities in East Aceh Regency has caused unrest in the community. Based on community reports, the Aceh Police Special Criminal Investigation Directorate Team stopped excavation C mining activities in East Aceh Regency because they were not equipped with official or illegal documents.

Director of the Special Criminal Investigation of the Aceh Police, Kombes Pol Winardy in Banda Aceh, Saturday, said that apart from stopping mining activities, the team secured two heavy equipment and examined four people at the land mine site.

"There are two locations for illegal mining whose activities have been stopped in East Aceh Regency, namely in Pante Labu Village, Pante Bidari District, and Paya Pasie Village, Julok District," he said.

The middle-ranking Aceh Police officer confirmed the illegal mining action based on public reports. Based on the report, the Aceh Police Special Criminal Investigation Directorate deployed a team of Unit III Sub-Directorate IV for Certain Crimes (Tipiter) led by AKP Darmawanto to investigate.

From the results of the investigation, the two mining sites did not have a production operation mining business permit (IUP OP). Furthermore, the team stopped the mining activity.

"Four people were examined by each operator of heavy equipment, records, and workers. Two people per location," he said.

Winardy invites the public to support and assist the police in controlling and enforcing the law against illegal mining because it has the potential to damage the environment.

"Mining without a permit has a negative impact on the environment and is detrimental to the region. Therefore, we invite the community to jointly save the environment by curbing illegal mining," said Winardy.