Police Raid Rented Houses Used As Miras Storage Warehouse In Tasikmalaya, Owners Immediately Called

Police showed liquor in a rented house in Nagarasari Village, Cipedes District, Tasikmalaya City, West Java/DOK ANTARA

TASIKMALAYA - The Tasikmalaya Police raided a rented house that was used as a warehouse for storing liquor in various brands that were ready to sell illegally in Nagarasari Village, Cipedes District, Tasikmalaya City, West Java. Head of the Samapta Unit of the Tasikmalaya City Police, Iptu Hartono, said that his party received information from the public regarding the existence of a place to be used as a storage warehouse for liquor. "Thanks to the participation of the community who have provided information to the police, we managed to secure 432 bottles of alcohol of various brands," Hartono said in Tasikmalaya as quoted by Antara, Monday, November 6. A number of police personnel were dispatched to carry out raids and then transported all the alcoholic beverages. All evidence of the liquor, he said, was taken to the Tasikmalaya City Police headquarters. Furthermore, the police will summon their owners to undergo the applicable legal process. His staff has continued to carry out operations to eradicate liquor by combing every place that is suspected of selling Good drinks. The operation to eradicate liquor is in order to provide a sense of security and comfort for the general public, especially now to create a safe community environment ahead of the 2024 General Election. "Activities to create conditions ahead of the 2024 General Election to provide a sense of security and comfort by eradicating all forms of community disease," he said. In addition to raiding places that were allegedly selling liquor, the Tasikmalaya City Police also carried out street patrols to bring order to every crowd of people who held a drinking party.

The road patrol was carried out by the Maung Galunggung Team, which routinely conducts operations every night to comb a number of roads in the urban area of Tasikmalaya. It was last reported that the Maung Galunggung Patrol Team arrested five teenage boys and one woman having a drinking party on Jalan Baru Purbaratu, Tasikmalaya City, Sunday (5/11) in the morning.