Customs And Excise Secure Illegal Cigarette Transport Trucks Worth IDR 524.19 Million In Grobogan, Central Java

KPPBC Type Madya Kudus Excise, Central Java, when inspecting trucks carrying illegal cigarettes. (ANTARA/HO-KPPBC Kudus.)

JAKARTA - The Customs and Excise Supervision and Service Office (KPPBC) Type Madya Excise Kudus revealed a case of illegal cigarette trafficking by thwarting shipments using goods transport trucks in Grobogan Regency.

"Evidence that was successfully secured from a truck that was successfully stopped on Saturday (March 30) through a chase up to Jalan Raya Blora-Purwodadi, Tawangharjo District, Grobogan Regency, about 378,000 illegal cigarettes," said Head of the KPPBC Information Extension and Information Service Type Madya Kudus Sandy Hendratmo Sopan in Kudus, Central Java, Thursday, April 2, confiscated by Antara.

He revealed, of the hundreds of thousands of illegal cigarettes, 248,000 cigarettes were of the type of machine kretek cigarettes (SKM) without excise stamps attached.

Then, he said, there were 30,000 machine white cigarettes (SPM) with packages without excise stamps attached.

The value of the illegal cigarette evidence is estimated at IDR 524.19 million with a potential state loss of IDR 363.66 million.

The disclosure of the illegal cigarettes began with an analysis of intelligence information. Then the Kudus Customs and Excise team received information on the whereabouts of a truck suspected of being used to transport illegal cigarettes from East Java to Serang, Banten.

"The Customs and Excise Team will immediately conduct a sweep along Jalan Raya Blora-Purwodadi," he said.

Arriving at Doplang Village, Jati District, Blora Regency, the team managed to find a truck with the characteristics informed that it was driving on the road.

Then a chase was carried out until finally he was able to stop the truck in Grobogan Regency and carried out an inspection.

From the results of the examination, 348,000 SKM cigarettes and 30,000 SPM cigarettes were found.

He hopes that this action can suppress the circulation of illegal cigarettes in the working area of KPPBC Kudus, including Pati, Kudus, Jepara, Rembang and Blora Regencies.