Police Tighten Ticket Inspection And Make Sure There Are No Brokers In Bakauheni

Homecomers enter the ship at Bakauheni Ferry Port, Lampung, Friday (28/4/2023). (DOC. ANTARA)

Ahead of the peak of the 2023 backflow, South Lampung Police Chief AKBP Edwin said that ticket checks for prospective passengers at Bakauheni Ferry Port would be tightened.

"We are tightening security even though vehicles are currently being monitored and the number of travelers who come has not increased," said Edwin when met at Bakauheni Ferry Port, Lampung, Saturday.

His party has deployed 681 officers to guard the Bakauheni Ferry Port area.

Hundreds of these officers were on guard along the port route to three checkpoints for travelers and drivers.

The three locations are "Rest Area" 20 B, Pos PAM Jaya, the middle lane and the East Cross route, precisely at the Three Brothers Restaurant.

The inspection was carried out to anticipate the presence of illegal passengers who wanted to cross from Bakauheni Ferry Port, Lampung to Merak Port, Banten.

In addition, inspections were carried out to ensure that all passengers could cross using the ship that had been provided safely and comfortably.

If there are passengers caught not buying tickets, they require passengers to buy tickets according to applicable regulations.

Not only that, but his party also advised residents to buy tickets using the Ferizy application.

With this inspection, Edwin hopes that ship passengers from Bakauheni Ferry Port to Merak Ferry Port will buy tickets according to the provisions in order to maintain security and order.

Previously, the South Lampung Police also ensured that no ticket brokers were active in the Bakauheni Ferry Port during the homecoming flow and the return flow of Lebaran this year.

This can be ascertained because currently the majority of passengers have used the Ferizy application to buy tickets.

"If the ticket broker is at Bakauheni Port, there is no broker because it has gone through Ferizy. So friends can't buy tickets if they don't go through Ferizy," said Edwin, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, April 29.