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        "msgid": "central-java-police-arrest-two-illegal-sand-and-soil-mining-operators-in-kendal-and-boyolali-1771898134",
        "date": "2026-02-23 21:26:43",
        "title": "Central Java Police Arrest Two Illegal Sand and Soil Mining Operators in Kendal and Boyolali",
        "author": "Karta Raharja Ucu",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Mining",
        "summary": "Central Java Regional Police have apprehended two operators of illegal sand and landfill soil mining operations in Kendal and Boyolali regencies, following reports from local residents. The illegal activities, which posed disaster risks to nearby communities, generated nearly 450 truckloads of material in just six days at one site alone, with estimated state losses reaching Rp100 million.",
        "content": "<p>SEMARANG \u2014 Central Java Regional Police (Polda Jateng) have arrested\ntwo owners or operators of illegal sand and landfill soil mining\noperations in Boyolali and Kendal regencies. Beyond causing material\nlosses, the activities were deemed to have placed residents at risk of\ndisaster impacts.<\/p>\n<p>Central Java Police Special Criminal Investigation Director\nCommissioner Djoko Julianto said the uncovering of the illegal mining\ncases in Boyolali and Kendal originated from community reports. In\nKendal, the illegal sand mine was located in Gowok Hamlet, Ngaben\nVillage, Boja District. The suspect detained is R (aged 52).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in Boyolali, the illegal landfill soil mine was situated in\nKaranggeneng Village, Boyolali District. The suspect is S (aged 47).\nDjoko revealed that the mining activities carried out by R and S had\nbeen running for two months and one week respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey conducted this on a retail basis. They would open a location,\nthen vehicles would come to purchase at the site. So they opened new\nland, the community informed us, we conducted investigative efforts, and\nwe immediately secured both different locations,\u201d Djoko explained during\na press briefing at the Central Java Police Special Criminal\nInvestigation Directorate office in Semarang on Monday (23\/2\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>He said the price of sand from the illegal mine in Kendal was sold at\nRp800,000 per truckload, whilst landfill soil in Boyolali was priced at\nRp165,000 per truckload. Djoko noted that suspect S\u2019s modus operandi for\nconducting illegal mining in Boyolali was land levelling.<\/p>\n<p>From the illegal landfill soil mine in Boyolali, Central Java Police\nseized one Hyundai 210 excavator unit, two haulage trucks, and a\ntruckload tally book. The illegal mining activity there had only been\nrunning for six days but had already produced 449 truckloads, with\npotential state losses reaching Rp100 million.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/central-java-police-arrest-two-illegal-sand-and-soil-mining-operators-in-kendal-and-boyolali-1771898134",
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