Banyuwangi Police Fails To Smuggle 2 Tons Of Subsidized Fertilizer

PIXABAY ILLUSTRATION

BANYUWANGI - The Banyuwangi Police Team, East Java, foiled the smuggling of subsidized fertilizers. The fertilizer weighing 2 tons is planned to be sold to Situbondo.

Banyuwangi Police Chief Kombes Nasrun Pasaribu said the police had arrested three people. Each had the initials MT as the owner of subsidized fertilizer, SH the driver of the pick up car and NA as the assistant.

"After the examination, we determined MT as a suspect, while SH and NA are still only witnesses," said Nasrun, Thursday, February 17.

Nasrun said the case was revealed after the police received a report from the public. After receiving the report, the Resmob team immediately conducted an investigation.

Police conduct surveillance on Jalan Sukowidi, Kalipuro District, Banyuwangi. The police suspect a pickup truck that is suspected of carrying dozens of sacks of subsidized fertilizer.

"After being searched, we found subsidized fertilizer consisting of 40 sacks of urea fertilizer weighing 2 tons and 10 sacks of phonska fertilizer without any documents," he said.

The police then interrogated a number of people in the pickup.

"As a result, dozens of sacks of fertilizer are planned to be sent to the Situbondo Regency area," explained Nasrun.

At that time the police arrested 3 people. Based on the testimony of the witnesses, the suspect MT obtained the subsidized fertilizer from a fertilizer kiosk located in the Kalipuro Sub-District.

Based on the information from the kiosk owner, the suspect was acting on behalf of the LMDH Rukun Makmur farmer group, to be able to buy the subsidized fertilizer with a large quota.

"This suspect is the head of a farmer's group. To the kiosk, the suspect said the subsidized fertilizer was for the needs of his farmer group considering the distance between Sumbernanas and the fertilizer kiosk is quite far," said Nasrun.

Apparently it was just a trick of the suspect MT, because the subsidized fertilizer was resold by the suspect outside the region. Until now the police continue to develop this case.