JATIM - The Blitar Resort Police (Polres) in East Java (Jatim) detained two pickup drivers carrying hundreds of bottles of wine (alcohol). The plan is that the alcohol will be circulated in the Blitar area.
Head of Public Relations of the Blitar Police, Ipda Putut Siswahyudi, said the two detained people were AZ (21), a resident of Sumberjoyo Hamlet, Kemendung Village, Muncar District, Banyuwangi Regency, and FHS, a resident of Jalen Hamlet, Setail Village, Genteng District, Banyuwangi Regency.
"Both of them are known to be driving a pickup truck loaded with dozens of cardboard. They were arrested while crossing Jalan Raya Tanalun, precisely in front of a shophouse in the Sumberejo Village area, Talun District, Blitar Regency," he said in Blitar, Saturday, June 14, confiscated by Antara.
His party revealed that the officers initially carried out patrols in the Blitar area, as part of the activity to create conditions. Officers also checked the pickup driven by the two people.
Officers saw suspicious behavior and checked the contents of the pickup. It turned out that there were dozens of cardboard boxes containing wine-type drinks.
"After inspection, at the back of the vehicle, 364 bottles of wine were found which were packaged in closed boxes," he said.
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His party also immediately took the two people for questioning. From the results of the examination, the prohibited items are known to come from the Banyuwangi area and are planned to be distributed to the Wlingi area, Blitar Regency.
To the officers, the two drivers admitted that they only delivered the goods and did not know in detail the owner or recipient of the final cargo.
"The police are still taking both of them to the Blitar Police for further investigation," he said.
In addition to the two perpetrators, the police also confiscated a unit of a pickup-type four-wheeled vehicle carrying hundreds of bottles of wine-type drinks to the Blitar Police Headquarters as evidence.
Until now, the two men are still being held at the Blitar Police Headquarters, to investigate the case. The police continue to carry out intensive examinations including the location of the distribution of the prohibited goods.
"All the evidence is now at the Blitar Police Station for further legal proceedings," he said.
The police, he said, also intensively conducted checks on various points in the Blitar Regency area. This is also to ensure that the situation and conditions in the Blitar Regency area are safe and orderly.
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