260 Liters Of 'Sopi' Alcohol Destroyed By Ambon Police, Found At KM Dobonsolo Heading To Sorong Harbor

Yos Sudarso Ambon Harbor Police Chief Iptu Surya Muhammad led the liquor raid (Photo: ANTARA/HO)

AMBON - Yos Sudarso Ambon Police Sector officers destroyed 260 liters of traditional sopi liquor without owner at the port complex. Alcohol was confiscated from three loading and unloading workers when carrying it aboard KM Dobonsolo.

"Officers found hundreds of liters of the traditional liquor while inspecting the goods brought by three port TKBM workers," said the Head of Public Relations of the Ambon Island Police and PP Lease Ipda I. Leatemia, in Ambon, Antara, Sunday, August 8.

The three port TKBM workers with the initials LA, A, and S did not know what goods they were transporting to the Pelni ship, because hundreds of liters of traditional liquor were in long white plastic and neatly packed in cartons.

Security officers led by the Head of the Port Police, Yos Sudarso Iptu Surya Muhammad, who conducted the inspection, found 260 liters of traditional liquor packaged in 48 pieces of clear plastic measuring 5 liters long, three jerry cans measuring 5 liters, and five plastic bottles measuring 1 liter.

"At that time KM Dobonsolo had just arrived from Bau-Bau and the plan was to continue the journey from Yos Sudarso Port, Ambon to Sorong Port, and every time a ship docked, the police carried out routine patrols and checks," he said.

The target of this activity is based on the assignment order number: Sprin/08/VIII/Ops. 1.8/2021/KPYS Police from August 1, 2021 to August 31, 2021 regarding raids on liquor, drugs, mining materials, as well as administrative completeness of vehicle documents in the jurisdiction of the Yos Sudarso Port Police.

After securing the liquor, then a member of the Port Police, Yos Sudarso, appealed to the TKBM baggage workers so that when carrying out work lifting goods, baggage workers must be more careful so as not to carry passengers' belongings which are considered prohibited.

Furthermore, the extermination of alcoholic beverages of the type of sopi led by the Chief of Police, and witnessed by the relevant agencies from the PT. Pelni and Pelindo by dumping them into the sea.