JAKARTA, June 11 (Reuters) - Indonesian police have seized the facilities of a local company accused of processing gold sourced from illegal mines, with transactions reaching around 25.9 trillion rupiah ($1.44 billion), local media said on Thursday, citing a police official.
Here are the details:
o Police confiscated processing facilities from PT Simba Jaya Utama, a company based in East Java province, as part of its probe into illegal gold mining, local news websites Detik and Kompas reported, citing Ade Safri Simanjuntak, a police official.
o Police said last month they had named five suspects in the probe.
o The illegal mines are located in several regions of Indonesia, including Kalimantan and Papua.
o The gold transactions of 25.9 trillion rupiah covered by the investigation took place between 2019 and 2025, Ade said.
o PT Simba Jaya Utama could not immediately be reached for comment.
($1 = 17,975 rupiah)
(Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing by David Stanway)




















