The Bangka Belitung Regional Police's Special Criminal Investigation Directorate raided an illegal tin block processing and tin sand storage facility in West Bangka Regency.
The Directorate of Specific Crimes of the Indonesian National Police (INP)'s has named seven suspects in a case of alleged illegal mining and tin sand smuggling from the Bangka Belitung Islands to Malaysia.
The North Sumatra Regional Police have seized two excavators suspected of being used for illegal gold mining in Mandailing Natal Regency.
The Indonesian National Police (INP) reaffirmed its commitment to safeguarding the nation's natural resources.
Suspicions of an illegal gold trading network extending to Nganjuk prompted an investigative team from the Directorate of Economic and Special Crimes of the Indonesian National Police (INP)'s Criminal Investigation Agency to conduct a search of the Semar Gold Shop in Pasar Wage, Nganjuk, early Friday (February 20, 2026).
Indonesian National Police seized gold and documents from a shop in Nganjuk, East Java linked to a massive money laundering case. Read more about the illegal mining connection.
The Indonesian Police sends a special team to West Sumatra to investigate alleged illegal mining activities. Read the full report on inp.polri.go.id.
A foreign nationals with the initials of LHF become one of the two suspects in the illegal gold mining case in Sekotong, West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).
Indonesian Army shuts down illegal gold mining in Halimun Salak National Park, dismantling hundreds of camps and seizing mining equipment. Read the full report here.
The Indonesian Police confirms no Chinese citizens remain involved in Sekotong’s illegal gold mining. Authorities intensify investigation and secure the mining area. Read more here.
President Prabowo Subianto instructed all law enforcement officials to expand efforts to curb illegal mining practices in Indonesia in order to save state assets worth trillions of rupiah.
President Prabowo Subianto says illegal mining in Bangka Belitung caused Rp300 trillion in state losses, ordering nationwide crackdowns. Read the full report.
