NTB Police Deploy 18 Drones Flying Wild In The Mandalika Circuit Area

PHOTO VIA Antara

MATARAM - West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Regional Police personnel lowered as many as 8 drones that flew wild without permission from the organizers of the 2022 MotoGP (Pertamina Grand Prix Of Indonesia) race in the Mandalika Circuit (Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit) area.

The Head of Public Relations of the NTB Police, Kombes Artanto, said the 18 drones were the result of monitoring by the monitoring team in the two days leading up to the MotoGP race.

"Two days ago, 11 drones were forcibly taken down, and today, Thursday (17/3), as many as seven drones," said Artanto, quoted by Antara, Thursday, March 17.

The forced descent of these wild drones was carried out by special personnel. They carry out surveillance on every hill around the Mandalika Circuit area. Surveillance is equipped with a drone tracking device.

From hilly areas, he said, personnel were assigned to oversee all forms of activity that could disrupt the smooth running of MotoGP racing on March 18-20, 2022.

This step, said Artanto, is part of the evaluation of the security for the MotoGP Pre-season Test on February 11-13, 2022. Even at the momentum of the pre-season test which lasted three days without spectators, 30 wild drones were recorded forcibly taken down.

For this reason, he explained, his party is committed to increasing security at the MotoGP race 18-20 March 2022.

The NTB Police reminded his party that he would not hesitate to give criminal sanctions to anyone who without permission to fly a drone in the Mandalika Circuit area.

By law, drone flights in prohibited or restricted areas, restricted areas, and airport areas must comply with RI Law Number 1/2009 concerning Aviation, Minister of Transportation Regulation Number 37/2020, and Government Regulation (PP) Number 4/2018 .

Criminal threats against violators are regulated in Article 410 to Article 443 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 1/2009 concerning Aviation.