Locals Find Mortars In Solok, Detonated Gegana

JAKARTA - The Jibom Den Gegana Team of the West Sumatra Police destroyed and evacuated a mortar-type explosive found by residents in Jorong Banto Hillie, Nagari Lolo, Pantai Cermin District, Solok Regency, West Sumatra.

Solok Arosuka Police Chief AKBP Azhar Nugroho, through a written statement delivered by Solok Police Public Relations, Saturday, said the West Sumatra Regional Police Jibom Den Gegana Team came to the Solok Police jurisdiction on Friday (30/4) around 17.50 WIB

The arrival was related to the evacuation of a mortar-type explosive found by a resident of Indra Nilfadri in Jorong Banto Hillie, Nagari Lolo, Pantai Cermin District, Solok Regency.

The West Sumatra Police Mobile Brigade Sat Jibom Team was led by Aipda Hendri Wibowo as Dantim for Military Bombs along with six other members of the West Sumatra Regional Police Mobile Brigade.

"The explosives evacuated were of the mortar type with a weight of 1.125 kilograms, a length of 27 cm and a diameter of 27 cm," he said.

The explosives were allegedly left over from years of military training in the Nagari Lolo river, Pantai Cermin District, Solok Regency.

In addition, the Head of Solok Police Ops, Kompol J Hendro Lesmono, also went directly to the location where the mortar type explosives were found and accompanied the evacuation and destruction of mortar explosives.

"In carrying out the evacuation and destruction of mortar-type explosives, security was also carried out by Agt Samapta Polres Solok led by Iptu Awaluddin," he said.

This Mortar Type Explosives were brought by the Jibom Gegana Den Polda West Sumatra Team to PT Mineral Sukses Makmur Jorong Pasar Nagari Surian, Pantai Cermin District, Solok Regency to be destroyed or destroyed. The Jibom Den Gegana Team of the West Sumatra Police destroyed and evacuated the mortar-type explosives found by residents in Jorong Banto Hillie, Nagari Lolo, Pantai Cermin District, Solok Regency, West Sumatra.