Densus 88 Confiscated 31 Charity Boxes From The Ambush Of 18 Suspected Terrorists In North Sumatra

ILLUSTRATION / BOX OF AMAL OF GOODS EVIDENCE FROM THE ARRESTATION OF TERRORIST SUSPECTIONS IN JATIM (AM SBY / VOI)

MEDAN - The Police's Special Datasemen (Densus) 88 Anti-terror Team confiscated 31 charity boxes from the arrest of 18 suspected terrorists in North Sumatra.

"As many as 31 charity boxes from 13 different locations were confiscated", said Head of Public Relations of the North Sumatra Regional Police, Hadi Wahyudi, in Medan as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, March 24.

There has been no detailed explanation about the dozens of these charity boxes. It is suspected that this charity box is a mode for suspected terrorists to collect funds to finance activities.

"At this time, the evidence has been collected by friends of Densus 88 and the Tanjung Balai Police. So what we have secured is in Tanjung Balai", said Hadi.

Previously, the National Police's Densus 88 Anti-terror Team detained 18 suspected terrorists in North Sumatra from Friday, March 19 to Monday, 21 March 2021.

The 18 suspected terrorists were detained at different locations. Starting from Medan, Binjai, Langkat, Padangsidimpuan, Tanjung Balai, Labuhanbatu, and also Deli Serdang.

Previously, the charity box was also confiscated from the ambush of terrorist suspects in the East Java region. For the East Java ambush, Densus 88 also confiscated IDR 197 million in cash. There are 22 terrorist suspects currently detained at the Cikeas Prison in Bogor for legal proceedings.