Kudus Customs: More And More Illegal Cigarettes Circulation, Including Online Sales

Illegal cigarettes that were successfully secured by the Intelligence and Customs Enforcement Team of Kudus, Central Java. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Customs and Excise Service and Supervision Office (KPPBC) of the Intermediate Excise Type in Kudus, Central Java, has succeeded in uncovering the circulation of illegal cigarettes offered through electronic trading or e-commerce by arresting the perpetrators and evidence of illegal cigarettes. It turns out that not only through direct transactions, but there are those who take advantage of online sales," said Head of the Middle Type KPPBC Kudus Gatot Sugeng Wibowo in Kudus, Friday. which is located on Jalan Raya Bungo Ketapang, Demak Regency and a house where illegal cigarettes are stockpiled in Robayan Village, Kalinyamatan District, Jepara. The disclosure is the result of monitoring and analysis of illegal cigarette offers in several e-commerce sites in Indonesia. , September 7 at around 18.00 WIB will be sent faith that excisable goods (BKC) in the form of cigarettes are suspected to be illegal from the Jepara area to be sent via a delivery service. The Kudus Customs Intelligence and Enforcement Team was immediately dispatched to a delivery service that would be used to send cigarettes.

The result, obtained four slops or 40 packs and eight packages containing a total of 107 slops of illegal cigarettes of various brands without being attached to excise stamps and using fake excise stamps and securing the perpetrator with the initials F (23). Robayan, Kalinyamatan District, Jepara with a total of 34 bales of evidence with a total of 200 packs per bale and 201 slops without excise tape attached and using fake excise tapes. So that the total evidence that was secured was 183,640 cigarettes with a total estimated value of Rp. 138.35 million and the potential loss to the state reached Rp. 90.92 million. In the same village on September 10, 2021, the Kudus Customs and Excise Team again revealed the circulation of 918,350 illegal cigarettes. trunk with an estimated value of Rp.936.7 million with a potential loss to the state of Rp.615.58 million. The owner of the goods with the initials "BU" as well as the owner of the building and transportation facilities as well as all evidence of violations of the Excise Law were brought to the Kudus Customs Office for further examination.