Half A Kg Of Fake Gold Confiscated From A Shop In Bengkulu, The Owner Was Arrested By The Police

Bengkulu Police Reskrimum Director Kombes Dedy Setyo Yudho Pranoto accompanied by the Head of Sub-Directorate for Indagsi, Kompol Novi Ari, in exposing cases of counterfeit gold sales. (ANTARA / Carminanda).

BENGKULU - The Bengkulu Regional Police confiscated half a kilogram of counterfeit gold from a Permata Dury shop, Bengkulu. The shop owner with the initials IM (57) was arrested.

Director of Reskrimum Polda Bengkulu Kombes Dedy Setyo Yudho Pranoto said the mode used by the perpetrators was by gilding silver with gold. According to Setyo, one of the reasons the perpetrators were desperate to sell fake gold was because they wanted to make a profit, considering that currently the selling price of gold was rising.

"We have named the perpetrator as a suspect, so the method is to gild silver with gold and then sell it to the public," said Dedy as quoted by Antara, Thursday, August 13.

At the suspect's gold shop, the police confiscated half a kilogram of counterfeit gold evidence in the form of various types of jewelery ready to be sold.

Kasubdit Indagsi Ditreskrimsus Polda Bengkulu Kompol Novi Ari added, the disclosure of the case of counterfeit gold sales stems from his party receiving reports from the public.

In the report, said Novi, the reporter admitted that he was suspicious of the gold jewelry he had just bought from the suspect's shop, because there were differences in the form of gold purchased.

The reporter then checked the gold jewelry he had bought and it was found out that the gold jewelry was fake.

"Initially there were reports from the public that suspected the gold was fake, we investigated it and it turned out to be true, this is the result of laboratory tests, the gold is fake, not intact," said Novi.

The suspect was charged under Article 106 in conjunction with Article 24 paragraph 1 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade, and Article 8 paragraph 1 letters e and in conjunction with Article 73 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 16 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection.