CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Satellite imagery played a crucial role in busting an illegal mining operation that destroyed more than 7 hectares of forests in Misamis Oriental province. A composite team of personnel from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Army's 4th Infantry Division raided a mining site along the Iponan River in Opol town on May 13. The operation led to the arrest of at least 16 people, five of them Chinese, and the seizure of equipment used in gold extraction activities that employed the sluicing method which is highly destructive to the land and brings heavy siltation to the river.

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