Alcohol Warehouse In South Jakarta Dismantled, Officials Find Hundreds Of Illegally Imported Bottles

Setiabudi Police Chief Kompol Beddy Suwendi/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Setiabudi Police Chief Kompol Beddy Suwendi raided an illegal liquor storage warehouse for rent in the Jalan Tiong area, Setiabudi, South Jakarta. From these raids, hundreds of bottles of various types of alcohol were confiscated and secured by the police to be used as evidence.

In addition, the police also arrested a man with the initials G (42), the owner of a warehouse for illegal local and imported liquor brands along with evidence of hundreds of alcohol.

"The perpetrator was taken to the Setiabudi Police Headquarters to undergo further investigation. We found that there was a lot of alcohol without a permit. Dozens of cardboard boxes containing whole bottles of alcohol were secured by the police in this raid," he told reporters, Wednesday, September 8.

The raid began with the police's suspicion that many residents were going in and out of the place carrying plastic packages. After investigation, it turned out that the place was used as a warehouse for illegal liquor sales.

"We found that there was a lot of unlicensed alcohol, dozens of cardboard boxes containing whole bottles of alcohol were secured by the police in this raid," he said.

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Furthermore, Beddy Ratakan, as he is affectionately known, said that the liquor stored in the warehouses in the two rented houses was made locally and internationally.

"In addition to storing dozens of boxes containing alcohol, this warehouse also serves alcohol sales," he said. Apart from alcohol, the police also searched a refrigerator where alcohol is stored in the rented house. Meanwhile in the second rented house, bottles of alcohol are stored in a number of boxes.

For further processing, hundreds of bottles containing alcohol without a permit were transported by the Setiabudi Police Criminal Investigation Unit from two rented houses that were close to each other.

"In the first rented house, these liquor bottles were found in three parts of the room," he said.

Hundreds of cardboard boxes containing alcohol were transported using four-wheeled vehicles and pickup trucks to the Setiabudi Police Headquarters, South Jakarta. Until now, the perpetrators are still undergoing examination and data collection on the amount of alcohol that was secured from the crime scene.