Police Headquarters And Customs And Excise Destroy Tens Of Thousands Of Bottles Of Alcohol Ahead Of Christmas And New Year

Destruction of alcohol/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Tens of thousands of bottles of alcoholic beverages of various brands were destroyed by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Headquarters and the Directorate General of Customs and Excise in the field of the Customs and Excise Office, Jalan Jenderal Ahmad Yani, Rawamangun, Pulogadung District, East Jakarta on Thursday, December 21. The Directorate of Drugs at Bareskrim Headquarters, Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa, said that the confiscated and destroyed liquor came from a joint raid in 505 locations. "There are 443 locations of night entertainment venues and 62 other locations are places for selling alcoholic beverages without permits and do not comply with the provisions. The alcohol confiscated without permits and provisions are 32,258 bottles of alcohol," Brigadier General Mukti told reporters, Thursday, December 21.

In addition, joint officers raided nightclubs that had been targeted by the operation (TO) for the circulation of ecstasy and many public reports ahead of Nataru. "We not all raided nightclubs in Jakarta, but 17.24 grams of marijuana and 39 pills of hard drugs. A number of evidence from various types of drugs came from 18 suspects.