Maluku Police Failed To Smuggle Hundreds Of Miras Bags For Halmahera Goals

SULUT - Direktorat Ditsabhara Polda North Maluku (Malut) managed to thwart the smuggling of hundreds of bags of liquor (alcohol) from North Sulawesi and arrested a young man with the initials PH alias Philips (28) who was suspected of supplying liquor.

The Head of Public Relations of the North Maluku Police, Kombes Pol. Michael Irwan Thamsi, said that the liquor smuggled from Manado City, North Sulawesi (North Sulawesi) used a ferry aimed at Central Halmahera (Halteng) through Ternate City.

Michael said the raid on the circulation of traditional liquor was based on Ternate City Regional Regulation (Perda) Number 05 of 2004 which prohibits all circulation of alcoholic beverages from entering the area.

Therefore, during the raid, officers managed to find evidence and the perpetrators had been secured to the Mako Sabhara Office for further processing.

"So, with the evidence and the perpetrators were successfully arrested, this will be a follow-up process, in accordance with applicable regulations," said the Head of Public Relations.

He explained that the chronology of the arrests at that time was that the perpetrator Philips used a Fino Yamaha type motorcycle with the police number DG 5818 ON in the Tolloko neighborhood to pick up the smuggling of liquor.

The perpetrator Philips was arrested when Sub-Directorate of Samapta Polda Malut led by Kanit II Iptu Zulkifli Machmud carried out routine raids in the jurisdiction of Ternate City.

During the routine raid, members saw Philips riding a motorcycle and carrying a large plastic bag suspected of being illegal.

To ensure the goods brought, members then stopped Philips and checked the contents of his luggage. Sure enough, after opening, members found 73 plastic bags containing liquor ready for distribution and the perpetrator Philips along with the evidence were then secured to the North Maluku Police Headquarters for examination.