Bengkulu Police Arrest Pesticide Counterfeiters

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BENGKULU - The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimsus) of the Bengkulu Police has arrested ED (38), the perpetrator of the crime of circulating and producing fake pesticides in Bengkulu.

The Head of Public Relations of the Bengkulu Police, Kombes Sudarno, said that a member of Unit I of the Indications Sub-Directorate had arrested ED, a resident of South Sumatra, in connection with the case of counterfeit pesticides.

"The ED perpetrator is a resident of the Tapak Lebar Village, Lubuk Linggau Barat II District, Lubuk Linggau City, South Sumatra," said Sudarno, quoted by Antara, Monday, March 7.

The perpetrator was arrested based on a warrant to bring and appear as a witness or suspect.

Because the suspect has been summoned twice, but did not comply with the investigator's summons, so his party cooperated with the Padang Pariaman Police, West Sumatra.

Currently Unit 1 of the Indagsi Sub-Directorate is bringing the perpetrator for further questioning at the Bengkulu Police's Criminal Investigation Directorate.

The perpetrator has a special shop that sells agricultural products in the Rejang Lebong Regency area, but in this case the perpetrator does not have a permit to sell these products.

"This is done in order to get a bigger profit," he said.

According to him, the counterfeiting has been carried out since 2021 and has been distributed to agricultural agents or shops in the Padang Ulak Tanding (PUT) area of Rejang Lebong Regency, Bengkulu.

For the mode used, the perpetrator buys the type of pesticide at a low price and then replaces the brand of the product with a premium quality brand.

For his actions, the perpetrators are threatened with Article 121 of Law Number 22 of 2019 concerning the sustainable agricultural cultivation system.