'Rare' Pertalite In Samarinda Makes Riders Long Queue, Police Hold Surveillance Operations

The Samarinda City Police carried out monitoring at gas stations in their area to prevent disturbances to the security and social order. (ANTARA/R'sya R)

SAMARINDA - Police in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, continue to monitor public gas stations (SPBU) in various locations to prevent disturbances to public order and security (Kamtibmas). The Police monitor stockpiles and prevent misuse of fuel oil (BBM).

"We continue to monitor gas stations to follow up on reports related to the scarcity of Pertalite type subsidized fuel which caused queues after the Pertamax price hike, from Rp 9,000 to Rp 12,500 per liter," said Samarinda City Police Chief AKP Jajat Sudrajat as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 20.

For information, the Samarinda City Police carried out monitoring activities at the Coco Kusuma Bangsa gas station Simpang Mesra Hotel Jalan Kesuma Bangsa - Bhayangkara, Samarinda.

In that activity, the Samarinda Police secured four Suzuki Thunder two-wheeled vehicles that were not equipped with vehicle documents (SIM and STNK) while queuing for Pertalite type fuel.

"The four vehicles have been secured at the Samarinda City Police and the process is continued by the Samarinda Police Traffic Unit," he said.

He admitted that the cause of the fuel not being received evenly by the public was because there were many residents with motorbikes lining up in the queue suspected of filling up at gas stations and being resold to the public at a price above the market.

In addition, the patrol also aims to monitor the filling of fuel in order to anticipate the presence of irresponsible elements who try to carry out the illegal practice of filling fuel.

"We urge the gas stations and the public to queue up in an orderly manner considering that the purchase of pertalite is limited to two-wheeled vehicles of Rp. 50,000 per day and for four-wheeled vehicles of Rp. 300,000 per day," he said.