North Kalimantan Mobile Brigade Evacuates Air Bombs From The Second World War In Tarakan

TARAKAN - The Gegana Brimob Team of the North Kalimantan Police evacuated an air bomb left over from the second world war which is suspected to be still active in Selengkung Village, Tarakan.

"We received a report from a resident who found objects or items resembling large bombs on Saturday afternoon (20/11) at 15.00 central Indonesia time," said West Tarakan Police Chief, 1st Insp. Angestri Budi Reswanto, quoted by Antara, Sunday, November 21.

Furthermore, the West Tarakan Police immediately secured the scene of the case and installed a police line, and coordinated with the Brimob of the Kaltara Police.

The evacuation process was immediately carried out by the Gegana Brimob Team of the Kaltara Police according to the procedure.

The Commander of the Brimob Unit of the Kaltara Police Grand Commissioner Pol Muhajir through the Deputy Head of Sub-Department II with Gegana 1st Insp. Moh Nur Sugiharto confirmed the discovery of the bomb in Selengkung and immediately evacuated.

"It is true that what was found was an aerial bomb which is thought to be a relic from the Japanese era," said Moh Nur Sugiharto.

He said the size of the air bomb found was quite large and was suspected to be still active.

"After the team evacuated, the air bomb was measured and has a length of 1.25 meters and it is suspected that the bomb is still active, so we evacuated according to procedures and were careful," he said.

The bomb evacuation process carried out by the Gegana Police Kaltara team took two hours.

Even though there are no special obstacles, he said, due to the unstable soil condition of the ex-excavations, the evacuation must use heavy equipment to lift it, so it takes a long time.

After successfully evacuating, he explained, the air bombs were brought by officers to the Head of Mobile Brigade Headquarters of the Kaltara Police in Tarakan for safekeeping.

The discovery of an air bomb that had shocked the residents was found by one of the heavy equipment operators while digging the ground.