The Directorate of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri has taken over the handling of cases of finding 12 firearms (senpi) at the official residence of the Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo.

The dozens of guns were originally confiscated from searches carried out by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

"The investigation is currently being handled by the Directorate of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, to reporters, Tuesday, October 3.

Currently, dozens of senpi are under the control of the National Police's Baintelkam. Later, it will be matched with the existing data.

The data matching aims to ensure the legality of the gun. Then, the designation behind its ownership.

"It will be seen later from the data in the National Police's Baintelkam, it will be seen who this belongs to. Then this weapon is intended for whether it will be for self-defense, for collection, whether it is for teachers, it will be in the National Police's Baintelkam data," said Ramadhan.

Dozens of guns are said to be all short-barreled. The types are S&W, Walther, Tanfoglio revolvers and others.

Meanwhile, the KPK found a gun while searching the official residence of the Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo in Widya Chandra, South Jakarta. The search was carried out on 28-29 September 2023.

During the search, investigators also found tens of billions of money consisting of foreign currency denominations and rupiah. This evidence will be analyzed to be confiscated if it relates to allegations of corruption being investigated.


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