Great! Customs Maritime Patrol Fails 321 Smuggling, Rp906 Billion State Loss Can Be Prevented

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JAKARTA – The Maritime Patrol Unit of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) reports that it has succeeded in carrying out 321 intercepts throughout 2021. Of the hundreds of smuggling attempts, it is estimated that the value of the goods reaches more than Rp. 3.56 trillion.

"From this amount, the potential loss to the state that can be saved is IDR 906.5 billion," said the Ministry of Finance's release today, Thursday, January 6.

Then, in the implementation of the JS and JW operations in 2021, Customs and Excise has succeeded in carrying out 16 precautions with several prominent ones. One of them was the prevention of the Tohor Jaya KLM in the waters of Burung Island, Riau, which carried 17 kg of methamphetamine and 1,000 happy five pills.

Furthermore, Customs and Excise also succeeded in preventing the Musfita KLM in Natuna waters containing about 200 tons of forest products in the form of rattan to be smuggled into Malaysia. Then, the prevention of the Oskadon wooden ship loaded with around 200 kg of methamphetamine type narcotics, 200,000 ecstasy pills and 47,500 happy five pills in the waters of East Aceh.

Meanwhile, several results of the prevention also came from operational synergies, including the joint prevention of the National Narcotics Agency against KLM Aisah 25 containing 89 kg of methamphetamine-type narcotics in the waters of Donggala, West Sulawesi.

In addition, the synergy with the National Police resulted in the prevention of SB. Edward Blackbeard was loaded with 107.328 kg of methamphetamine in the waters of Nongsa, Riau Islands.

"The great success of another operational synergy is the joining of the Customs and Excise maritime patrol task force in the Dewa Ruci Operation which was held by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police. The Customs and Excise maritime patrol task force played its main role in the disclosure of 1,278 tons of narcotics from the Middle East international network in April 2021," added the agency led by Sri Mulyani.

Furthermore, Customs and Excise is also said to be synergizing with PSDKP Papua after preventing KLM. Teman Setia who is suspected of committing violations in the field of fisheries and shipping in the waters of Okaba, Papua.

In addition to the above commodities, the commodities that were successfully secured in the implementation of the operation included baby lobster, textiles, forest products in the form of puzzle wood, and other mixed goods. Customs and Excise vertical which has a sea control area and is carried out throughout the year.

"Sea surveillance activities are a serious effort by the government in protecting and securing Indonesian waters from smuggling that can harm the country," the release concluded.