Police Name 2 Suspects Of Disposal Of Alcohol Waste In Bengawan Solo River

JAKARTA - Sukoharjo Police, Central Java, named two suspects for dumping alcohol industrial waste into the Bengawan Solo River. Sukoharjo Police Chief AKBP Wahyu Nugroho Setyawan in a press release in Semarang, Friday, said the two suspects were people in charge of disposing of waste in an alcohol home industry. in Polokarto District. The two suspects who were arrested were respectively J (36) and H (40), residents of Polokarto District, Sukoharjo Regency.

According to him, the suspect used a car as a means to transport alcohol waste to be disposed of. "The suspect sucked up the waste using a diesel pump engine, transported it by car," he said. Two reservoirs with a capacity of 1,000 liters each were also secured from the two suspects. The two suspects were charged with Law No. 32 of 2009 concerning environmental protection and management. Wahyu also asked the local government to build a wastewater treatment plant in the Polokarto area to accommodate the residue from the alcohol processing industry.