Police Confiscate Thousands Of Bottles Of Alcohol In Garut

Police are investigating a herbal medicine kiosk suspected of selling liquor in Garut Regency, West Java. (ANTARA/HO-Polres Garut)

Garut Resort Police, West Java, confiscated thousands of bottles of various brands of liquor (alcohol) sold at a number of kiosks and residents' houses.

"From Samapta itself, two thousand (bottles) have been confiscated from home and herbal stalls," said Head of the Garut Police Samapta Unit, Iptu Masrokan, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, August 3.

The police emphasized that they continue to carry out patrols along a number of places, especially those suspected of selling liquor in the Garut area.

The results of routine operations for a week, he said, there were already two thousand bottles that had been confiscated from a number of herbal medicine kiosks and houses in several places in the Garut area.

The liquor that was secured was not only a manufacturer's product, but there was also traditional liquor such as tuak type which was confiscated by two jerry cans at a kiosk on Ibrahim Ajie Street, Tarogong Kaler District.

"There were two gallons of 40 liters of palm wine confiscated on Ibrahim Ajie Street," he said.

The results of the last operation confiscated liquor in the Holy Roundabout area, Jalan Ahmad Yani, Wednesday (2/8) night, then all evidence was taken to the Garut Police Headquarters for destruction.

Meanwhile, liquor sellers, said Masrokan, underwent an examination for the legal process of minor crimes (tipiring), and were then given guidance so as not to sell alcoholic drinks again.

"Miras was immediately secured and the perpetrators selling alcohol were given guidance and tipiring," he said.

Routine operations targeting the sale of liquor aim to prevent the crime caused by consuming alcoholic drinks.

"We will continue to operate on alcohol in the Garut area to create a conducive situation. There are many criminal acts that start with liquor such as brawls, persecution, robbery, and others," said Masrokan.