Customs Thwarts Seven Smuggling Of Luxury Cars And Motorbikes

Porsche GT3RS

JAKARTA - The Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) of the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) succeeded in thwarting seven cases of attempts to smuggle luxury cars and motorbikes through Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta, during the period 2016 to 2019.

During that time, there were 19 units of luxury cars and 35 units of motorbikes / frames / luxury motorbikes with a total value of goods reaching more than IDR 21.63 billion and potential state losses of up to IDR 48.82 billion.

"It is being smuggled through containers into Tanjung Priok Port," said Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati at the Koja Container Terminal Gate, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 17.

Sri Mulyani revealed that the mode used in this smuggling case was to notify that the goods did not match their actual content, which information was obtained from the public and then followed up.

"Through the analysis process of the inward manifest, it is suspected that there is an incorrect notification because there is anomalies between the net weight of the goods and the type of goods being notified," said Sri Mulyani.

Sri Mulyani continued that the officers conducted a hi-co scan of the containers to confirm the actual type of goods so that imported goods were found in the form of four-wheeled vehicles which were then subjected to a thorough physical inspection.

He said that the smuggling was carried out by seven companies by providing information on the goods in the document as bricks, auto parts, accessories and tools.

The seven companies are PT SLK, PT TJI, PT NILD, PT MPMP, PT IRS, PT TNA, and PT TSP which import luxury cars and motorbikes from Singapore and Japan.

The smuggling case with a manifest dated 29 September 2019 was carried out by PT SLK in the form of Porsche GT3RS and Alfa Romeo cars from Singapore with a total value of IDR 2.9 billion goods and potential state losses of IDR 6.8 billion.

The notification regarding the goods is only stated as refractory bricks and until now the imported goods are still being studied in depth by the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.

The smuggling case with a manifest dated July 29 2019 was carried out by PT TJI in the form of Mercedes Benz, BMW type CI330 model GH-AU30, BMW type CI330 Series E46, Jeep TJ MPV, Toyota Supra car, Jimny car, eight motorcycle frames, eight motorcycle engines, and Honda Motocompo motorcycles from Japan.

The total value of goods was Rp1.07 billion with a potential state loss from this case reaching Rp1.7 billion because imported goods documents were only stated as front bumper assy, rear bumper, door assy, dashboard assy, and engine hood.

"The case files in this case are complete and a person with the initials SS has been named a suspect," said Sri Mulyani.

The smuggling case with a manifest dated December 21 2018 was carried out by PT NILD in the form of a Ferrari Dino 308 GT4, a Porsche Carrera 2 and a BMW R1150 motorbike from Singapore with a total goods value of IDR 3.4 billion and potential state losses of IDR 7.4 billion.

These cars and motorbikes are only notified as used auto parts and accessories. Until now, the goods imported by PT NILD are still being studied in depth by the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.

The smuggling case with a manifest dated 19 October 2018 was carried out by PT MPMP in the form of a Citroen DS ID 19 car, a Porsche Carrera car, a Harley Davidson FLST N motorbike, a BMW Motorrad NITE T motorbike, three VW engines from Singapore with a total goods value of IDR 2.07 billion and potential state loss of IDR3.03 billion.

The imported goods, which in the notification only stated that they are automotive parts and accessories, are still being researched by the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.

The smuggling case with a manifest dated November 15 2017 was carried out by PT IRS in the form of a BMW M3 CSL, five Honda CRF 1000L motorbikes, a BMW R75 / 5 motorbike, and five Harley Davidson motorbikes from Singapore with a total goods value of IDR 3.6 billion, and potential state losses reached IDR 7.4 billion.

These items were only notified as telescopic ladders so that now two suspects were assigned to PT IRS on the initials AA and LHW.

The smuggling case with a manifest dated February 24, 2017 was carried out by PT TNA in the form of 13 BMW motorcycles of various types and one Ducati motorbike with a total value of IDR 1.7 billion of goods and a total state loss of IDR 4.3 billion.

The motorbike was only told as a wrench, file, grate, and tools so that the Directorate General of Customs and Excise had named a suspect with the initials DH through the PT TNA case.

The smuggling case with a manifest dated December 16, 2016 was carried out by PT TSP in the form of three luxury cars consisting of a Porsche GT3RS, a Ferrari 250 GT E, and a Porsche Turbo which in the document was declared a spare part with a total goods value of IDR 6.7 billion and an estimated potential loss