MANOKWARI - The Brimob Police Corps Search and Rescue Team (SAR) from the Alpha BravoMoskona Task Force conducted a search in the red zone along the riverbank of West Moskona District, Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua, to find the whereabouts of Iptu Tomi Samuel Marbun.
The SAR operation lasted for 14 days from April 20 to May 3, 2025, which included the search, processing of the crime scene (TKP), and reconstructing the disappearance of Iptu Tomi Samuel Marbun on December 18, 2024.
"The silent and full preparedness operation is due to the red zone of security disturbances," said Police Mobile Brigade Corps Pioneer Danpas Brigadier General Gatot Mangkurat Putra as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 30.
He explained that the search process for IptuTomi Marbun did not allow using a longboat to the scene of the incident so that all personnel of the Alpha Bravo Moskona 2025 Task Force had to walk through forests and rivers.
The operation strictly implements standard operating procedures (SOP) with each personnel providing protection and increasing awareness of sudden attacks from various directions, even from under the water.
"Here we cannot rely on comfort, we must always be ready in any conditions. This is not just an ordinary operation," said Gatot.
The Head of Public Relations of the West Papua Police, Kombes Ignatius Benny Adi Prabowo, said the search for the former Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Bintuni Bay Police, IptuTomi Marbun is still ongoing in the midst of difficult and risky terrain.
The operation codenamed Alpha Bravo Moskona 2025 carried out a humanitarian mission, but implemented a high disciplinary pattern because it was in an area prone to interference from armed criminal groups (KKB).
The number of personnel involved in Operation Alpha Bravo Moskona 2025 was 510 people, consisting of 155 personnel from the National Police Headquarters, 191 personnel from the West Papua Police, and 74 personnel from the Teluk Bintuni Police, 16 personnel from Kodam XVIII/Kasuari, 6 personnel from the Kodim 1806/Bintuni Bay, 19 Basarnas personnel, 30 personnel from the Yonif 642/Kapus Task Force, 4 Marine III Sorong personnel, and 15 elements from the Bintuni Bay Regency Government.
Iptu Tomi Samuel Marbun was reported missing in the current of Kali Rawara, South Moskona District, during an operation to arrest KKB frontman Marthen Aiking on December 18, 2024.
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