Keep Security, South Sea Security In Mandalika Area Is Strengthened

NTB Regional Police Chief Inspector General Mohammad Iqbal (right) accompanied by police personnel pointing out of the glass while on the bridge of the Baladewa-8002 Police Ship in the southern waters of the Mandalika/Antara Circuit

LOMBOK - The West Nusa Tenggara Regional Police strengthened the marine security fort located in the southern part of the Mandalika Circuit area, Central Lombok Regency.

"We don't know what's going on at sea (threats of disturbance), but we have deployed all the water personnel", said NTB Police Chief, Inspector General Mohammad Iqbal, in Central Lombok, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, November 17.

The task of the Water Police personnel, he explained, also covers the marine coastal area. The security task is carried out with a joint team from the Navy and Basarnas (National Search and Rescue Agency) equipped with supporting facilities.

Iqbal has also ensured the readiness of personnel in carrying out security duties around the Mandalika Circuit when carrying out a joint review of the Head of the National Police Security Maintenance Agency of the Republic of Indonesia, Komjen Pol Arief Sulistyanto, and his entourage using the Baladewa-8002 Police Ship.

In his active sailing from the Fishery Port, Teluk Awang, Central Lombok Regency, to the waters in the southern part of the Mandalika Circuit area, Iqbal said all members were on standby at their respective posts, both on the sea coast and hills.

"We are watching from the sea and we make sure that members guard the entire shoreline and waters from unwanted things. Likewise, Brimob (Mobile Brigade Corps) personnel, Sabhara (Patrol Units), and BPolice Headquarters Operational Control Assistance are seen guarding the hills and roads of the Mandalika area", he said.

The task of securing WSBK at the Mandalika Circuit The program runs under the code name Operation Mandalika Rinjani 2021 by fielding 2,058 NTB Police personnel and the ranks of the Resort Police, 408 National Police Headquarters personnel, 300 TNI personnel, and 465 joint security personnel from government agencies and the community.

Thousands of personnel on duty with the support of official facilities, most of which are vehicles to support operations in the field, including two ships and a helicopter from the Air and Water Police Corps Indonesian National Police Security Maintenance Agency; 35 units of two-wheeled vehicles and 24 units of four-wheeled vehicles by the Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps; 16 Brimob tactical vehicles; and 19 K-9 sniffer dogs of Corps Samapta Bhayangkara Security Preservation Agency of the Republic of Indonesia National Police