Police Efforts in Handling Criminal Acts of Illegal Mining at Solok City Police

Abstract

The mining sector is one of the driving forces of the Indonesian economy in order to realize the prosperity of the people. Mining according to Article 1 number 1 of Law Number 4 of 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining as amended by Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Law Number 4 of 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining (hereinafter referred to as the Minerba Law) is part or all stages of activities in the context of managing and exploiting minerals or coal which include general investigations, exploration, feasibility studies, construction, mining, processing and/or refining or development and/or utilization, transportation and sales, and post-mining activities. The approach method used in this research is sociological juridical, namely research based on normative legal science (statutory regulations), but not studying the normative system but observing how reactions and interactions occur when the normative system works in society.  The research examines from the perspective of legal science and other written regulations related to the handling of mining crimes by the police, especially at the Solok City Police. From the results of the investigation conducted by the Investigator/Assistant Investigator in relation to the elements of the articles charged to the suspect, the Investigator/Assistant Investigator concluded that the suspect on behalf of Mr. KASMAN et al. has sufficient and convincing evidence that it is strongly suspected of having committed the crime of illegal gold mining which was discovered on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at around 15.30 WIB in Silalang Jorong Tinggi Nagari Sibarambang District X Koto Diatas Solok Regency as referred to in the formulation of Article 158 of the Minerba Law.