Profit Hajj Becomes A Funder To Ship Providers To Steal 151 Tons Of CPO In Balikpapan

Head of Sub-Directorate for Gakkum Ditpolairud Polda East Kalimantan (Kaltim) Kompol Adik Listiyono said the theft of 151 tons of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) from the Java I Eagle Ship in Balikpapan was assisted by Profit Hajj. He is suspected of funding to provide facilities such as ships.

"He (Haji Laba, ed) funded the perpetrator as well as provided equipment and facilities such as ships and everything. So it has a Profit Hajj," Adik told reporters, Friday, May 26.

In this theft case, five suspects have been named, namely four crew members, namely A, FA, IK, VJ and AW, a collector. They are suspected of embezzling CPO from the Javanese Eagle Ship belonging to the shipping company PT Mulia Borneo Mandiri.

The five suspects started their action when the captain of the ship with the initials A contacted AW to lean his ship onto the Java 1 Eagle Ship. At that time, the CPO cargo brought reached thousands of tons with the aim of going to Gresik, East Java.

When the container ship has been affixed with CPO suction, this process occurs. This process occurs for several hours.

"The Javanese Muara Elang ship is affixed by the ship which is suspected to have a Profit Hajj, and we have also secured the ship based on the testimony of the previous collector," explained Adik.

After this case was revealed, Haji Laba then surrendered on Thursday, May 25 yesterday. After an examination, sufficient evidence was found until he was finally named a suspect and detained at the Polairud Detention Center of the East Kalimantan Police.

Haji Laba admitted that this is the first time he has done what he did, said Adik. However, Ditpolairud did not want to believe it immediately and would explore the motives and seek the role of other parties in this theft.

"If the information in question (Taba Haji, ed) is the first time (to commit theft, ed), that continues to be answered. But we are still investigating it," he said.

As for this case, the Ditpolairud Polda Kaltim has confiscated evidence in the form of Rp109 million in cash, cellphones and 23 mainhole seales. The perpetrators took action on April 21, 2023.