JAKARTA - A total of 28 tons of illegal mangoes from Thailand were destroyed by the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of Riau, Thursday, April 24. The destruction was carried out in Riau by burying them on the ground.
Head of the Bengkalis Customs Office, Agoes Widodo, revealed that this destruction was the result of the arrests made at Sungai Rawa Port, Sungai Apit District, Siak Regency. This illegal item is estimated to be worth around Rp521,074,400.
"This action was carried out based on Article 102 letter a of Law Number 10 of 1995 concerning Customs, which was amended by Law Number 17 of 2006. The perpetrators of this smuggling face a maximum imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum fine of IDR 5 billion," said Agoes in Bengkalis, Riau, Thursday, April 24, confiscated by Antara.
The prosecution took place on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, after the DJBC Riau Regional Office received an Intelligence Information Memorandum regarding the transportation of illegal mangoes from Batu Pahat, Malaysia, to the Waters of Menangkapan, Siak. The transport ship, KM Zulfa 03, is expected to dock on the same day.
Responding to this information, the DJBC Riau Regional Office coordinated with Pekanbaru Customs, Bengkalis Customs and Excise, and the Special DJBC Regional Office of the Riau Islands, as well as Denpom 1/3 Pekanbaru. They carry out surveillance through joint marine patrol operations and land patrols around the port of the Rawa to Mengkapan River, Siak.
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He explained that during marine patrols, one of the Customs and Excise marine patrol boats managed to find the illegal mango carrier preparing to dock at the Rawa River Port. Upon inspection, 1,400 illegal Thai mango baskets were found with a total weight of about 28,000 kilograms.
"Further investigations show that the ship involved is KM Zulfa 03, which serves as a means of transportation. Customs and excise together with related agencies secure evidence, including the illegal mango and transport ship," he said.
In addition, the four people involved in this smuggling, consisting of one captain and three crew members, were detained. The ship's captain, with the initials Z, was named a suspect, while the other three crew members with the initials A, H, and HW were witnesses.
The captain of the ship and three crew members were then used as objects of further inspection, while the KM Zulfa 03 ship was sealed and taken to the Sei Pakning Customs and Excise Post Pier, Bengkalis, for further investigation. From the results of the interim investigation, it is estimated that the state suffered losses of Rp. 151,111,176 due to this smuggling.
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