Illegal Mining Suspects Arrested By The Ditreskrimsus Polda Sultra At Soekarno-Hatta Airport

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JAKARTA - Investigators from the Ditreskrimsus Polda Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) arrested a suspect in an illegal mining case with the initials DMS while at Soekarno Hatta Airport, Tangerang City, Banten. It is suspected that the person concerned was about to flee abroad. DMS has been named a suspect since September 20, 2022 in the alleged illegal mining case in North Konawe (Konut). He served as Director of PT Wadirkrimsus Polda Sultra, AKBP Didik Erfianto explained, the suspect DMS was arrested by investigators from the Tipidter Polda Sultra at Soekarno Hatta Airport on Monday night. The arrest of DMS was assisted by personnel from the Soekarno Hatta Airport Police. After being arrested, DMS was then taken to the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police Headquarters in Kendari on Tuesday, October 25 afternoon for further delegation to the prosecutor's office. "The case file (DMS) on October 20, 2022, has been declared P21 by the Prosecutor's Office, on October 24, it is planned to be carried out in phase two, but the suspect is not present, and is suspected of running away, so investigators make efforts to arrest him," explained Didik in an electronic message received in Jakarta, Wednesday, October 26. The Tipidter Sub-Directorate of the Ditreskrimsus Polda Southeast Sulawesi previously named the director of PT? Mineral Synergy (PT DMS 77) with the initials DMS as a suspect in the alleged illegal mining case in North Konawe. The determination of the suspect was made after investigators conducted a case on September 20, 2022. Didik further explained that PT DMS 77 was suspected of carrying out mining activities in protected forest areas without obtaining a permit or illegal mining in Marombo Village, Lasolo Islands District, North Konawe. In this case, his party confiscated evidence on August 27, 2022, in the form of 27 excavators, 1 border, and 8 dump trucks.