Battalion 122/TS Secures 10 Foreigners From PNG Crossing Illegal Border Routes

The Indonesian Pamtas Task Force-PNG Infantry Battalion 122/TS Secures 10 Foreigners from PNG, Sunday (10/3/2024). BETWEEN/HO-Satgas Pamtas RI-PNG

PAPUA - The Indonesian Border Security Task Force and PNG Infantry Battalion 122/Tombak Sakti secured 10 foreign nationals (foreigners) from Papua New Guinea who passed through illegal routes, Mosso Village, Muara Tami District, Jayapura City, Papua to be exact. Pasintel Battalion 122/TS Captain Inf. Alif Setiaji said the foreigner arrived at the RI-PNG Skouw border using a pickup from Jayapura City and got off at the Skouw Border Market. "They want to enter through the RI-PNG Skouw border rat road portal to the village of Wutung PNG," he said in a press release received in Jayapura, Antara, Sunday, March 10. Knowing this, members of the Post Kout who were on guard immediately went and checked the 10 foreigners from PNG, starting from passports and personal data. "After the examination, they did not have completeness and did not carry official cross-border documents and were immediately secured by personnel," he said. Based on the results of the examination, it is known that the purpose of 10 foreigners entered the territory of the Republic of Indonesia to sell 18.5 grams of gold powder in Jayapura. Setiaji said, the main task of the Battalion 122/Tombak Sakti Task Force is to maintain the integrity of the RI-PNG land border area by prioritizing the security sector by carrying out road checks, patrols, and patrols of illegal crossings to prevent infiltration and smuggling.

"Currently, the 10 foreigners have been handed over to the Immigration Analysis Section of the Jayapura TPI Immigration Office for further investigation," he said.