Customs Confiscates 435 Liters Of Fuel To Be Smuggled Into Timor Leste

The Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) of the Ministry of Finance confiscated as much as 435 liters of fuel oil (BBM) to be smuggled from the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) region to Timor Leste.

"The confiscation of 435 liters of fuel is part of the prosecution for customs violations carried out at the Cross-Border Post (PLBN) in Timor Island," said Head of the DJBC Bali Regional Office, NTB, NTT, Susila Brata, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, July 3.

He conveyed this related to customs and excise surveillance performance in the RI-Timor Leste border area.

In addition to confiscation of hundreds of liters of fuel, his party also confiscated three bags containing used clothes carried by border crossers from Timor Leste and around US$26,800 in cash.

DJBC is also temporary in prosecuting excise in the form of confiscation of excisable goods that are not attached to excise stamps, or are subjected to fake excise stamps with evidence in the form of 7,840 cigarettes of various brands and 7.8 liters of alcoholic beverages in the form of Balinese wine.

Susila said the estimated value of all confiscated goods was IDR 1.3 billion with a potential state loss of IDR 179.8 million.

Alluding to the sanctions against the perpetrators, he explained that apart from confiscation of goods, the perpetrators were also subject to a fine of twice the excise value to be paid.

Meanwhile, he said, certain violations that are considered quite massive are usually followed by investigations.

"Several cases have also been investigated, both by Customs and Excise colleagues in Labuan Bajo, Atambua and Kupang," he said.