Jambi, Nov. 3 -- A joint team has found evidence of illegal gold mining inside Kerinci Seblat National Park in Jambi Province, prompting authorities to investigate suspected operations along the Penetai River.

The team comprised Kerinci police, the 0417 Kerinci Military District Command, and the Kerinci Seblat National Park authority, Kerinci Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Hernawan Risky said Tuesday.

The team first entered the Penetai forest area on Friday, October 16, with 10 Kerinci police officers and five park rangers.

At the site, officers found signs of illegal mining along the Penetai River but no active operations or suspects.

"We found an excavator, eight huts, six sluice boxes, eight drums of diesel fuel, eight di...