Selasa, 21 Februari 2012

1.711 Tons Zircons Seized by Police




Special Criminal Investigation Directorate and the Police Department of West Kalimantan Province, seized 1.711 tons of zircon sand from Ketapang Regency. Tons of Zircon founded in eight warehouses scattered in several places in Ketapang.

Head of Police Public Relations,  Adjutant Senior Commissioner Mukson Munandar, Tuesday (02/21/2012), said the current case was still under police investigation.

Zircon is owned by several people, but from joint operation know that there is one actor who was found to have two warehouses. Warehouse is actually licensed. They also have a site license, but police still see search for the truth, said Mukson.

He added, that the mine was from the wild quarry. The police are still gathering new evidence to establish a number of suspects. If there is strong evidence, the owner of the warehouse will be snared using Mineral and Coal Law.

Zircon is a mine material that is often used for ceramics materials and electronic components. However, some countries that importing zircon from Indonesia managed to unpack it to get some containing radioactive compounds.

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