Opposan Miras Industry Owners In Banyuasin South Sumatra Can Rup Untung Rp300 Million Per Month

A number of evidences from the mixed liquor manufacturing industry were confiscated by the police from the suspect Suliyanto/ANTARA

The South Sumatra Police's Dirkrimsus, Kombes Barly Ramadhany, confirmed that the suspect in the case of ownership of the mixed liquor industry in Banyuasin Regency was threatened with a fine of Rp. 2 billion. The maximum penalty threat is regulated in Article 62 in conjunction with Article 8 Letter F and E of Law (UU) Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection. Then, he said again, Article 106 in conjunction with Article 24 paragraph (1) of Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning the Implementation of Risk-Based Business Licensing, which investigators imposed on the suspect named Sulianto (37). "For the sake of the threat of imprisonment, it is regulated in this article, namely for five years," he said in Palembang, Antara, Friday, November 11. According to him, the threat of punishment was given to the suspect in accordance with the results of the investigation and supported by the adequacy of evidence. Evidence includes a Toyota Kijang LGX BG-1521-LO car, one bottle cap pres kit, one boxedmond tank with a capacity of 250 liters, 55 70 percent alcoholic jerry cans, dyes, 200 empty bottles along with hundreds of fake drink stickers, and 3,312 bottles of mixed liquor ready for distribution. The evidence was obtained stored at the suspect's house, Jalan Tanjung Api-Api, Talang Kelapa, Banyuasin Regency, which began when the suspect was caught red-handed distributing liquor at Tanjung Raja Market, Ogan Ilir, Thursday,” he said. According to Barly, the suspect admitted that he had carried out the forbidden act for the last eight months or around March 2022 independently, by studying video recordings on social media. From his expertise, the suspect was able to produce more than 480 bottles of adulterated liquor per month which were then sold to the districts of Banyuasin, Ogan Ilir, Muara Enim, Musi Banyuasin, and Pagaralam. " “ The suspect was able to reap a total profit of up to Rp. 300 million from the sale of each drink he made himself, with a mixture of alcohol and textile dyes that were not suitable for consumption with an estimated dose alone," he said. Barly ensured that currently the suspect had been detained in the South Sumatra Police Headquarters detention cell to undergo further investigation, before the case file was transferred to the prosecutor's office.