South Kalimantan Police Wait For The Results Of The Illegal Fertilizer Sample Lab Confiscated

Dirreskrimsus Polda Kalsel Kombes M Gafur Aditya Siregar was witnessed by the South Kalimantan Police Chief Inspector General Winarto when checking documents shown by the perpetrators of the fertilizer business who were raided by the police on Tuesday (5/11/2024). (ANTARA/Firman)

BANJARMASIN - Investigators from Sub-Directorate I Indagsi of the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the South Kalimantan Police are still waiting for the results of laboratory examinations for samples of illegal fertilizers confiscated from warehouses in Banjarbaru.

"We have sent the fertilizer sample to the laboratory to determine the type and content," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation at the South Kalimantan Police, Kombes M Gafur Aditya Siregar in Banjarmasin, Antara, Sunday, October 10.

He hopes that the lab results can come out as soon as possible so that investigators can take the next step. Then investigators also plan to summon the fertilizer sender from East Java to South Kalimantan for questioning for further investigation.

It is known that 13,500 sacks of fertilizer containing 50 kilograms of Gajah Hitam Sakti brand that were confiscated were the result of the production of PT. Satria Gunung Sakti, East Java.

The police are taking law enforcement steps because organic fertilizer is traded without the permission of the Ministry of Agriculture.

The registration number for fertilizers on the packaging is 01.01.2022.183 after being checked by the police through the official website of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture with the results not found.

Furthermore, investigators coordinated with experts from the Ministry of Agriculture by sending photos of the fertilizer along with the Ministry of Agriculture registration number, explained by experts that the fertilizer was not registered in the Ministry of Agriculture database.

Business actors also did not inform them of their activities of selling fertilizer to large numbers of farmers to the South Kalimantan Agriculture and Food Security Service.

Ironically, the owner's confession is Nurhamid, fertilizer has been bought since August 2024 and around 75 tons have been traded to farmers in the Binuang area, Tapin Regency, Tanah Laut Regency to the Central Kalimantan area, the majority of which are for the needs of oil palm plantations, rice and rice.

Gafur said that the law enforcement in agriculture supports the Asta Cita of the administration of the President and Vice President Prabowo-Gibran with the first 100-day main program of the Red and White Cabinet implemented by the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo by instructing all ranks to guard national food security and self-sufficiency.