Bring Fake Antigen Letter, Two Drivers Arrested In Palangka Raya

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JAKARTA - An inter-city inter-provincial travel driver was arrested by the Palangka Raya Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Central Kalimantan for using a fake certificate of antigen test results.

Palangka Raya Police Chief, Grand Commissioner Sandi Alfadien Mustofa via Head of Criminal Investigation Unit, Police Commissioner Todoan Agung Gultom, Saturday, said the two had the initials AN (31) a resident of Kurnia street and AG (19) a resident of Kenari street, Banjarmasin City.

"Both of them have now been detained at the Palangka Raya Police Headquarters and subjected to Article 263 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 568 of the Criminal Code with the threat of imprisonment for a maximum of 6 years in prison," said Gultom in Palangka Raya, quoted from ANTARA, Saturday, August 28.

Todoan explained that the arrests of the two travel drivers from Banjarmasin began when they were about to cross the barrier post at Mahir Mahar street Km 23 on Thursday (26/8) at around 23.00 western Indonesia time.

The disclosure of this case was based on the suspicion of the personnel on duty and checked the antigen health certificates of the two drivers. The results of the examination revealed that the letters brought by the two drivers were allegedly fake.

The first time he was arrested was AN and not long after that the officers also arrested AG who did the same thing.

"At that time, both of them were secured and immediately taken to the Palangka Raya Police Headquarters for an examination related to this matter. It turned out that from the results of the examination, the fake antigen health certificate was true," he said.

He mentioned that the two drivers who were arrested did not know each other at all, but the modus operandi used was the same, namely using a fake certificate of COVID-19 detection antigen test results.

Based on the statements of the suspects, they made the letter without carrying out the usual tests. They only gave an ID card to someone who was in the city of Banjarmasin, not long after that an antigen certificate with a negative result came out.

"For AN to get an antigen letter with a negative result, they have to pay Rp82 thousand, while AG pays Rp100 thousand. By paying that price their antigen letter with a negative result comes out," he said.

Furthermore, from the arrest of the two suspects, investigators also confiscated evidence in the form of a certificate of COVID-19 antigen health examination results, with negative examination results dated 22 August 2021 and 24 August written issued by the Regional Health Detachment 06.04.02 DR. R. Soeharsono TK.III Hospital.