JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Headquarters transported the contents of a gold jewelry store in Payaman Village, Nganjuk District, East Java, related to the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU) resulting from unlicensed mining (PETI).
Wage Nganjuk Market Coordinator Mulyad said he was asked to participate as a witness in the search. The team searched the entire contents of the store including gold jewelry and administrative documents of the store.
"I am a witness to the search at the Semar Shop. The items that were examined were the items in the store, gold jewelry and books related to the administration of bookkeeping," he said in Nganjuk.
{Officers also transported the contents of jewelry in the store's showcase. It is suspected that the gold jewelry is evidence in the TPPU case resulting from mining without a permit, which is currently being investigated by the criminal investigation unit.
The disclosure of the case was based on the results of the PPATK analysis report (LHA) regarding suspicious transactions related to the domestic gold trade conducted by gold shops as well as trading activities by gold refining companies abroad using gold suspected of originating from unlicensed gold mining.
Then, for illegal gold mining practices that occurred in West Kalimantan during the 2019-2022 period, the case has been completed and the verdict has now been incriminated in the Pontianak District Court.
Based on the facts of the origin of the criminal investigation and the facts of the trial, it was found that there was an illegal flow of gold funds that flowed to several parties.
During the search on Thursday (19/2) to Friday (20/2) early morning, the store owner was not at the location. From the information he received, the store owner is a resident who lives in Surabaya and has been running a business in the Nganjuk Regency Wage Market for a long time.
"The owner of the shop is domiciled in Surabaya. If you sell in the market area here in 1976, it has been there for a long time," said Mulyadi.
In the investigation process of this case, investigators will collaborate with PPATK to trace existing financial transactions.
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