JAKARTA - The Special Criminal Investigation Directorate (Dittipidter) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police seized a ship suspected of being a means of transporting illegal tin sand distribution from the South Bangka region to Malaysia.
The Director of Special Criminal Cases (Dirtipidter) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Brigjen Pol. Irhamni, said that this seizure was the result of the development of the case of smuggling 7.5 tons of tin sand to Malaysia which had previously been revealed.
"This ship is a new evidence of the development of the investigation. Its function is as a means of transporting from land to the middle of the sea, then the cargo is transferred to another ship to be sent to Malaysia," said Irhami, quoted by Antara, Friday, February 20.
Irhamni said the seizure was carried out in the Dermaga Kubu area, Toboali, South Bangka Regency.
Apart from the ship, he revealed that investigators had secured a number of other evidence, one of which was 50 kilograms of lead sand that had previously been set aside by the Malaysian authorities.
"The evidence that was set aside was 50 kilograms. However, in one shipment the amount reached 7.5 tons," he said.
Investigators also seized a number of communication tools used by 11 perpetrators in this case.
He said that the communication tool is currently still being analyzed to trace the network and reveal the main actors who are suspected to be in the South Bangka Regency area.
Previously, the Bareskrim Polri's Dittipidter had named 11 crew members (ABK) from the Riau Islands who were deported from Malaysia as suspects in the crime of smuggling 7.5 tons of tin sand.
The eleventh ABK, namely MTA (23), LOM (24), RH (31), Z (50), A (41), B (47), H (53), S (29), J (39), Za (44), and I (52).
The suspects are residents of Belakang Padang Island, Batam City, and are still related. They were deported from Malaysia on January 122 together with 29 other PMI who were facilitated by the Johor Bahru KJRI and BP3MI Kepri on January 2026.
This case began with the arrest of 11 crew members by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (APMM) in October 2025 for entering Malaysian waters without official documents.
In Malaysia, the eleventh perpetrator was prosecuted for violating Immigration and detained for three months in a Malaysian detention house.
The repatriation of the 11 ABK was directly escorted by investigators from the Bareskrim Polri Dittipidter from Malaysia to Indonesia through the Batam Center International Ferry Port, Kepri.
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