Lanal Dumai Holds Ships From Malaysia Charged With 700 Koli Of Used Clothes

Commander Lanal Dumai Marine Colonel Kariady Bangun gave a press statement regarding the arrest of the ship carrying a ballpress. (ANTARA/Abdul Razak)

Dumai Navy Apparatus detained KM Rifqi Wijaya GT 34 who brought 700 koli used clothes or weighing 56 thousand kilograms without legal documents in the waters of Halang Island, Rokan Hilir Regency, Riau.

The commander of the Dumai Navy Base, Marine Colonel (P) Kariady Bangun, said the arrest of this wooden ship originated from intelligence information on Tuesday (19/9) that there was smuggling of used goods through the waterway.

A number of personnel from the Bagansiapiapi Navy Post, Sinaboi Navy Post, Lanal Dumai's rapid reaction team and the Tedung Navy Ship I-1-37 were immediately dispatched to the location to pursue, arrest and investigate the ship.

After a search for 12 hours, finally the Lanal Dumai team on Wednesday (20/9) at 09:30 WIB managed to find and secure KM. Rifqi Wijaya GT. 34 in Halang Island Waters, Rokan Hilir Regency, and then carried out an examination by KAL Tedung I-1-37.

"From the results of the inspection, information was obtained that the owner of the Indonesian-flagged ship had the initials SI with the agency PT TDS Titian Daya Sejahtera was headed by MZ and the number of crew members was six people," said Kariady Bangun.

KM Rifqi Wijaya departed from Port Klang Malaysia Port and the plan to go to Bagansiapiapi, Rokan Hilir Regency, without any customs documents or illegal documents. As a result, the state has the potential to lose around Rp3.5 billion.

It is also confirmed that there will be no other cargo on this ship, for example drugs or other dangerous objects after an initial inspection of KM's cargo. Rifqi Wijaya.

Efforts to smuggle by KM. Rifqi Wijaya, continued Danlanal, are suspected of violating Law NO. 17 of 2006 concerning Customs. Therefore, Lanal Dumai then transferred the ship and ballpres cargo to BC Dumai as customs civil servant investigators who have the authority for further processing.

Continued, Lanal Dumai's success in thwarting the smuggling of the ballpress was a direct order from the Indonesian Navy leadership through Pangkoarmada I for Lanal Dumai to secure a working area directly adjacent to the Malacca Strait, therefore it is a concentration of smuggling entrances and illegal items, including ballpresses.

Daily executor of the Head of Customs and Excise of the Dumai Customs, Tommy Hutomo, then received the delegation of the case. He assessed that Lanal Dumai's performance in preventing the smuggling of limited and prohibited goods through ports in Dumai could save the country's finances and the health of citizens.

"We appreciate Lanal Dumai's support and success in preventing illegal goods in the waters. We will then process them according to customs authority," said Tommy.