State Loss Of IDR 21 Million, Malang Customs Again Failed Illegal Cigarette Circulation

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JAKARTA - The Malang Customs Office, East Java is said to have again cut off the distribution of various illegal excisable goods (BKC), especially tobacco products, worth hundreds of millions of rupiah.

Head of the Malang Customs Office, Gunawan Tri Wibowo, revealed that his party had taken action against several types of BKC, such as slice tobacco (TIS) and machine kretek cigarettes (SKM).

He said, recently his party succeeded in thwarting the shipment of the TIS BKC HT without being packaged in retail on land patrols in the Malang Raya area. This TIS delivery was carried out without the protection of excise documents contained in a car carrier facility on the Pandaan-Malang KM 77 Toll Road.

A total of 700 kg of BKC HT type TIS wrapped in 20 sacks and not packaged for retail sellers has been successfully secured. It is estimated that the value of goods reaches Rp193 million with a potential state loss of Rp21 million," he said as reported by the official website on Friday, June 16.

Gunawan explained that TIS shipments that have not been packaged in retail must be equipped with excise documents.

"Due to these violations, we have secured all evidence along with two people examined by IP (spires) and the US for further processing," he said.

Gunawan added that Malang Customs and Excise took action twice against hundreds of thousands of illegal SKM cigarettes of various brands without being attached to excise stamps. First, the prosecution was carried out on Jalan Laksamana Martadinata, Klojen District, Malang City.

It was revealed that the first car inspection contained 6,400 packs with a total of 128,000 illegal cigarettes. While the second car contained 6,288 packs with a total of 125,760 illegal cigarettes.

Furthermore, ground patrols were continued in Lawang District, Malang Regency and managed to crack down on illegal SKM cigarettes without being attached to excise stamps of 5,900 packs with a total of 118,000 sticks.

"From the results of the action, it is estimated that the value of goods reaches IDR 466.5 million and the potential loss to the state reaches IDR 248.7 million" close d