Pamtas And Customs And Excise Secure Alcohol From The RI-Malaysia Border Rat Line

Soldiers from the Pamtas Task Force Battalion 645/Gardatama Yudha together with Customs and Excise officers found dozens of bottles of liquor on the rat road in Temajuk Sambas, West Kalimantan. BETWEEN ANTARA/HO-Yonif 645/Gty.

ENTIKONG - The border security task force (Satgas Pamtas) Infantry Battalion 645/Gardatama Yudha together with Customs and Excise secured 24 bottles of liquor (alcohol) that were to be smuggled from the rat route from Malaysia to Indonesian territory in Temajuk Sambas, West Kalimantan.

"The liquor bottles were about to be smuggled from Malaysia through an unofficial route or rat road at the right side of the border gate," said the Commander of the Indonesian Pamtas Task Force (Dansatgas) Yonif 645/Gardatama Yudha Lieutenant Colonel Inf Hudallah as reported by ANTARA, Monday, May 22.

The discovery of dozens of bottles of alcohol on the unofficial route began with information received by soldiers that there would be border communities who would pass on the rat road.

The soldiers of the Temejuk Post, Pamtas Task Force Battalion 645/Gty, then coordinated with Customs and Excise in the Sentete area for joint patrols around the rat streets in the right sector of the Temajuk border.

"When soldiers and the Customs and Excise side walked around conducting joint patrols, they saw suspicious items in the box, when the inspection was carried out, it turned out that the items contained dozens of bottles of alcohol," explained Hudallah.

According to him, dozens of bottles of alcohol were then handed over to Customs for safekeeping for further processing according to the provisions.

Hudallah emphasized that towards the end of the task of the Pamtas Task Force Battalion 645/Gty in border areas, supervision of unofficial lanes or rat roads will be tightened, to prevent smuggling or other illegal activities.

He also invited the public to jointly supervise and prevent illegal activities at the border, besides that the community was asked to continue to strengthen unity and integrity.