Oplosan Alcohol Party Kills 3 People In Manokwari

MANOKWARI - Three guesthouses in Manokwari Regency, West Papua, with the initials EM (24), RAN (25), and ANO (34) died after consuming an oplosan type perhatian liquor.

Manokwari Police Chief Kombes Ongky Isgunawan said the victim was rushed to the hospital on Thursday (18/9) night to get medical help.

"There were three people who died, but they are still being investigated whether there were other victims because they were rushed to several hospitals," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, September 19.

The police examined a number of witnesses, including the owner of a guesthouse at the crime scene (TKP), as well as confiscated evidence of dozens of bottles ofpping drinks.

The investigation is still ongoing in order to trace the circulation of mixed alcohol which is very dangerous for the health condition of consumers.

A number of witnesses including the owner of the guesthouse at the crime scene (TKP) were examined. Evidence of dozens of bottles of bonus drinks were confiscated.

The investigation is still ongoing in order to trace the circulation of mixed alcohol because it is very dangerous for the health condition of consumers, and has the potential to cause casualties.

"The investigation is still ongoing," he said.

The Head of Drugs at the Manokwari Police, Iptu Dian Rana Alip Praba Utama, explained that one body had been buried, while the other two bodies were flown back to their area of origin.

Some evidence of mixed alcohol will later be a laboratory test sample of the Manokwari Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) to complete the case file.

"On September 15, 2025 yesterday, a guest driver died with the same medical symptoms, after consuming adulterated alcohol," he said.

Previously, the West Papua Police's Narcotics Directorate arrested two MS and AAPR, suspects in the production of adulterated liquor, fire wine, which used fake customs and excise labels.

The two suspects used five types of raw materials in producing adulterated liquor, namely pure ethanol or alcohol liquid, water iceball, wine ice, mineral water, and liquid sugar.

The combination of the five raw materials is then mixed into one and packaged into a clear glass bottle that has been pasted with a branded alcohol sticker to give the impression as if the product was genuine.

"Bottles that have been filled with mixed alcohol are labeled mock excise before being sold to a number of kiosks in Manokwari," said Head of Public Relations of the West Papua Police, Kombes Pol. Ignatius Benny Ady Prabowo.

The profits obtained by the two suspects from the sale practice of two types of fake branded alcohol, namely perhatian and wine during the six months of operation, starting from March-August 2025 to reach Rp480 million.

"The two suspects ordered branded alcohol bottles, bottle caps, branded stickers, and fake excise duty from Java Island," he said.