Bangka Police Ordered Tin Ore Mining Without Permit

The joint team of the Bangka Police has ordered tin seed mining without permission (ANTARA/Kasmono/Ho. Bangka Police Public Relations)

BANGKA - Bangka Resort Police, Bangka Belitung Islands, curbed traditional tin seed mining activities without permission, an inconventional type of fiber mining in the Kuday Sungailiat river.

Sungavitas Police Chief IPTU Wisma Rahma said strict action to stop tin seed mining carried out by a number of people apart from not being equipped with official permit documents, mining activities disrupted the community and were considered environmentally damaging.

"We were forced to stop mining the tin seeds after receiving reports from the local community, where it was found that there were dozens of mining units active," he explained as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, September 14.

He said that many people mine tin seeds at the location of the Kuday river because information from the mining community managed to get quite a lot of tin seeds.

"The tin from traditional mining is quite a lot, triggering other miners to carry out similar activities in the same place," he explained.

When the control was carried out, he said, his party did not find any mining workers at the location except for mining equipment or machines left by workers.

"We not only discipline but also put up banners prohibiting mining tin seeds without permission in the area," he said.

His party did not prohibit the public from mining tin seeds, but had to comply with the rules by completing the official permit documents issued by the competent authorities.