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Kelantan authorities have initiated 63 investigations into land encroachment and illegal mining activities across four districts this year, seizing 65 excavators worth RM15.8 million.
Enforcement agencies arrested six individuals connected to illegal mining operations in Kuala Krai, Kelantan. The swoop netted machinery, vehicles and iron ore valued at approximately RM2.98 million, marking another significant blow against unregulated resource extraction.
Kelantan officials have initiated a formal investigation into a clandestine gold mining enterprise in Gua Musang following the confiscation of machinery valued at RM4.2 million.
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Malaysia's Home Ministry has dismantled over 75,000 cryptocurrency mining operations through 3,000 coordinated raids since 2022, resulting in 629 arrests as authorities escalate efforts against illegal electricity theft and unregulated digital asset extraction.