3 arrested in alleged illegal mineral exploration in Oriental Mindoro

CALAPAN City, Oriental Mindoro — Police arrested three people during an anti-illegal mining operation in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, on Monday afternoon, for allegedly conducting mineral exploration without valid permits. Authorities confiscated a chipping gun, an electric blower, a 50-meter extension wire, a pulley assembly and a sack containing soil and rock samples believed to have