PAPUA - The Cartenz Peace Operations Task Force and the Papuan Police thwarted the smuggling of firearms and ammunition which is suspected to be distributed to the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) led by Lerimayu Telengen, in Puncak Jaya.
"Thanks to the team's hard work, we managed to thwart the smuggling of various types of weapons and ammunition which are planned to be supplied to the KKB in Puncak Jaya," said Head of Damai Cartenz Operations, Brigadier General Faizal Ramadhani in his statement, Saturday, March 8.
The failure began when there was information about the movement of weapons from Jayapura to Puncak Jaya. Thus, monitoring operations were carried out starting from March 1 to 7, 2025.
The monitoring also bore fruit. Because, managed to catch Yuni Enumbi always carrying the firearm. The arrests were made at KM 76, Keerom Regency, on March 6.
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In addition, there were two other people who were also arrested. They are Yudhi Kalalo who acts as a driver for the flow of goods carriers and Matthew Payokwa as a lane helper.
The firearms that were secured in the arrest were 2 long-barreled firearms that had not been identified; 4 G2 Pindad pistols; 632 rounds of 5.56 mm caliber ammunition; and 250 rounds of 9 mm ammunition.
Then, one air rifle that was framed); 1 flashlight and mounting laser package; 1 telescope along with a damping; 1 brown wooden popor; and 1 barrel and an air rifle tube.
"Secured other items such as 1 unit of water compressor that reads United Waran Biru; 1 unit of Vivo Y19S cellphone; one pump and 1 air bag; as well as one key T and 1 portable gurinda package," he said.
"There is also a bag containing identity; ATM card; and Rp369,600,000 in cash," continued Faizal.
Based on the results of the examination, the weapon was purchased at a price of Rp. 1.3 billion from outside Papua and will be handed over to the KKB in Puncak Jaya. Meanwhile, the driver and the rescuer admitted that they did not know the contents of the cargo they were carrying.
In addition, the Head of the Public Relations Task Force for the Damai Cartenz Ops, Kombes Yusuf Sutejo, emphasized that this operation was still ongoing. The goal is to ensure that there are no arms smuggling efforts aimed at the KKB
"This success is not the end, but the beginning of further investigation. We will continue to investigate the origins of this weapon and who is involved," said Yusuf.
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