MEDAN - The Resort Police (Polres) of Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra (North Sumatra), has curbed an illegal gold mine located in Kotanopan District, Mandailing Natal Regency.
"The goal is to stop this gold mining because it does not have a permit using a 'dompeng' machine, a sieve venue and others," said Mandailing Natal Police Chief AKBP Arie Sofandi when contacted from Medan, Saturday.
Arie said the illegal gold mining activities could be dangerous, both in terms of residents' safety, and the impact on the local environment.
Furthermore, he said, the control was carried out on Friday (17/1) together with the TNI and the local government to curb the illegal gold mine.
"In the control, evidence was found such as 'dompeng', sieve venues and others as well as where illegal miners were dismantled by the joint personnel," he said.
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"In this illegal activity, no one was arrested, because they were not found at the location. However, we burned the place and confiscated sieve and others," he said.
In the future, said the Police Chief, his party will continue to monitor the illegal gold mining area, and also disseminate information to the public so that they no longer carry out illegal mining because in addition to violating the law, they also pollute the environment.
Previously, the Mandailing Natal Police also brought order to the mine in (4/12/2024), with an area of three hectares and several pieces of evidence were also found.
The evidence confiscated by the police included 30 'dompeng' machines, 15 gold filtering tools, workers' tents and jerry cans containing diesel which were allegedly used for mining operations.
"We appeal to the public to work together to be united in closing illegal gold mining," Arie appealed.
In the future, he said the land would be used as corn planting as a support for food security programs and the welfare of the local community.
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