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Situbondo Police officers secured firecrackers in an empty house in Curah Jeru Village, Panji District, Situbondo. Monday/ANTARA

SITUBONDO - Joint officers from the Opsnal Team of the Satreskrim and Intelligence and Security Unit of the Situbondo Police, East Java, raided an empty house where firecrackers or firecrackers were produced. Police managed to secure 5.5 kilograms of firecrackers (firecrackers / firecrackers) at the location, Curah Jeru Village, Panji District. In addition, the police also secured other evidence, such as a mixture of firecrackers, namely one sack of sulfur, lime, and charcoal as well as dozens of firecracker casings. "The results of the investigation from the joint team initially we only secured a perpetrator along with evidence of firecracker drugs being sold to several people, and further development was carried out," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Situbondo Police, AKP Dhedi Ardy Putra, to reporters in Situbondo quoted from Antara, Tuesday, April 4. Information on the 'headquarter' of making firecrackers was received by the police from the suspect BH who was previously arrested. Suspect BH, a resident of Karangasem, Patokan Village, Situbondo District, was arrested by officers when they were about to deliver or sell firecracker drugs to their buyers in Balung Village, Kendit District. Until now, the Situbondo Police Satreskrim is still pursuing the man with the initials D who is strongly suspected of possessing 5.5 kilograms of firecrackers, and a mixture of firecrackers in the empty house. "We are doing this to secure Situbondo City from the dangers of firecrackers. Don't let unwanted things happen like in other areas," said Dhedi. AKP Dhedi added that the police will continue to make efforts to eradicate firecrackers in the month of Ramadan, and firecrackers will remain a concern because they are dangerous items that are prohibited from circulating. "We will eradicate the circulation of firecrackers and places to make firecrackers or firecrackers in the jurisdiction of the Situbondo Police," he said.

To account for his actions, the perpetrator is suspected of being under the Emergency Law with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, if found guilty and proven to be circulating firecracker concoction ingredients that are prohibited from circulating in the market.