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        "id": 1946525,
        "msgid": "central-sulawesi-police-seize-dozens-of-heavy-equipment-in-buol-over-suspected-illegal-gold-mining-1787928732",
        "date": "2026-08-28 20:34:53",
        "title": "Central Sulawesi Police seize dozens of heavy equipment in Buol over suspected illegal gold mining",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Central Sulawesi Regional Police have seized 22 units of heavy equipment in Buol Regency following reports of unlicensed gold mining (PETI). The equipment has been secured and entrusted to Buol Police as found items while investigations continue. Police have questioned witnesses, including the village head, but have not yet established a direct link between the equipment and illegal mining activity.",
        "content": "<p>Central Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda Sulteng) have seized 22 units\nof heavy equipment in Bodi Village, West Paleleh District, Buol Regency,\nin connection with suspected unlicensed gold mining (PETI).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the heavy equipment has now been secured and entrusted to Buol\nPolice as found items,\u201d said Central Sulawesi Police Head of Public\nRelations, Senior Commissioner Achmad Muhaimin, in Palu on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Achmad said the equipment was discovered by the Central Sulawesi\nPolice Special Crimes Sub-Directorate team after receiving public\nreports regarding suspected illegal gold mining activity in the\narea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are examining a number of witnesses, including the Head of Bodi\nVillage, to help determine the origin of the heavy equipment and whether\nit is connected to illegal mining activity or not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, officers did not find any PETI activity when the\nheavy equipment was discovered. The location was also not far from the\narea reported as a suspected illegal mining site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo indeed no PETI activity was found, and the heavy equipment was\nlocated not far from that site,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot yet conclude whether there is a direct link between the\nheavy equipment found and the suspected PETI in Buol Regency,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/central-sulawesi-police-seize-dozens-of-heavy-equipment-in-buol-over-suspected-illegal-gold-mining-1787928732",
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