The Pasbar Police Joint Team Secures 60 Liters Of Liquor Types Of Tuak Ahead Of The New Year 2024

A joint team from the Kinali Police while securing liquor ahead of the turn of the New Year 2024, in Kinali, West Sumatra, Sunday (31/12/2023). ANTARA

The joint team of the West Pasaman Resort Police (Pasbar), West Sumatra, secured 60 liters of traditional palm wine and 79 bottles of various brands of liquor without distribution permits at a number of stalls in Kinali District in the raid ahead of the 2024 New Year.

West Pasaman Police Chief AKBP Agung Basuki accompanied by the Head of the Kinali Police AKP Alfian Nurman in Kinali, Sunday, said the raid was carried out by visiting a shop suspected of selling liquor since Saturday (30/12).

He said the raid also involved TNI personnel from Kodim 0305/Pasaman to maintain public security and comfort ahead of the 2024 New Year celebrations.

"The raid that we are doing is a form of activity to create conditions ahead of the New Year celebration to maintain security ahead of the turn of the year," said Kinali Police Chief AKP Alfian Nurman, quoted by Antara, Sunday.

In the joint raid, he said, officers visited several stalls suspected of selling alcoholic beverages. The raids were carried out in four different locations in the jurisdiction of the Kinali Police.

Several locations that officers visited were in a tuak stall belonging to SH (75) located in Block B, Jorong Padang Canduh, Nagari Padang Candung, Kinali District by confiscating 20 liters of traditional palm wine.

Subsequently, officers moved to a wine stall owned by PW (47) located in Jorong Wonosari, Nagari Wonosari, Kinali District by confiscating 20 liters of traditional tuak liquor.

Then the raid was continued to KW's (48) house which also confiscated 20 liters of traditional tuak liquor located in Jorong Wonosari, Nagari Bancah Kariang, Kinali District.

After that, officers returned to a shop owned by RK (27) located in Sungai Paku, Jorong IV Koto, Nagari IV Koto Kinali, Kinali District by confiscating 79 bottles of liquor from various brands that did not have a distribution permit.

Alfian, who led the joint raid, said that this activity was a preventive effort to reduce the crime rate ahead of the turn of the year so that security and order ahead of the New Year could be realized.

"We hold this raid as an effort to maintain a conducive atmosphere from potential disturbances in security and order ahead of the turn of the new year 2024 so that people who celebrate New Year's Eve do not feel anxious and worried," he said.

In addition to raiding stalls suspected of selling liquor, joint officers also visited Padang Caduh Market to raid traders selling firecrackers that did not have a permit.

The raid secured 27 packages of match margins, 19 packs of happy power marcon, 12 packs of pocollo match margins confiscated by officers to ensure security and public order that will celebrate the turn of 2024.

He invited all parties, both sellers and buyers, to maintain conducive security in the jurisdiction of the Kinali Police.