Kudus Customs And Excise Reveals Illegal Cigarette Circulation Without Paying Taxes In Two Locations

A pickup truck carrying illegal cigarettes stumbled in a rice field area on Jalan Kudus-Cengkalsewu/Photo: Antara

KUDUS - The Customs and Excise Supervision and Service Office (KPPBC) of the Intermediate Excise Type in Kudus, Central Java, managed to uncover the circulation of illegal cigarettes in two different locations with a total of 854,000 illegal cigarettes as evidence. in Sukolilo, Pati and July 12, 2022 in Papringan Village, Kaliwungu District, Kudus," said the Head of the Middle Type KPPBC Kudus, Moh Arif Setijo Nugroho in Kudus, Friday 15 July. delivery of illegal cigarettes using public transportation in the Kaliwungu sub-district. Then a search and a search was carried out on Jalan Kudus-Jepara in Papringan Village and found a minibus as informed that it was loading goods into an inter-city bus between provinces. From the results of the inspection, 19 cartons of goods were found. evidence in the form of machine-made kretek cigarettes (SKM) without an excise tape attached. The total evidence found n as many as 374,000 thousand illegal cigarettes with an estimated value of Rp426.36 million. Meanwhile, the potential loss to the state is IDR 285.64 million.

Quoted by Antara, all evidence and the driver (AF) were taken to the Kudus Customs Office for further examination. While the second disclosure was also based on public information that there was a pickup truck used to transport illegal cigarettes from Jepara. To ensure the truth of the information During this time, the team conducted a sweep on the Kudus North Ring Road on July 12, 2022 at around 01.00 WIB. As a result, a car according to the characteristics mentioned was found driving on the Kudus North Ring Road. The joint team with the Sukolilo Police, Pati Regency tried to stop the car, but the driver did not want to stop the vehicle so they gave chase. When they arrived on Jalan Kudus-Cengkalsewu in Sukolilo District, Pati Regency, the car carrying the illegal cigarettes fell into a field so that the driver and his car could be secured. During the officer's inspection, they found 480,000 illegal cigarettes with a value of around Rp. 547.2 million. Meanwhile, the potential loss to the state is around Rp. 366.6 million. Perpetrators of illegal cigarette violations can be punished with imprisonment of 1-8 years and a fine of up to 20 times the value of excise that should be paid. The state does not prohibit people from producing cigarettes, as long as they comply with legal provisions.