Police In Garut Intervene To Anticipate Hoarding Of Basic Necessities Ahead Of Ramadan 1444

Illustration of basic necessities (ANTARA)

Garut Resort Police has deployed a Food Task Force (Satgas) to monitor the availability of goods and anticipate the hoarding of basic necessities so that the community can be calm because the needs are easily met during the momentum of Ramadan 1444 in Garut Regency, West Java. "For the Food Task Force to check directly in, see if there is hoarding or game," said Garut Police Chief AKBP Rio Wahyu Anggoro, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, March 21. He said the Garut Resort Police together with other relevant agency elements routinely check and ensure the availability of basic food needs of the community in the market before and during Ramadan. The results of checking in the field, he said, there were several basic ingredients that there was an increase such as chili and rice, but it was confirmed that the availability was quite safe. Food Task Force, he said, not only checked the availability of basic commodities in the market, but checked every basic goods cartel to ensure that there was no hoarding of goods that could cause scarcity. "From the cartels of the Garut Food Task Force team also checked, if there was hoarding we would take firm action," he said. He emphasized that checking to ensure that all people could get their basic needs easily, so that cooking activities during Ramadan continued without the difficulty of basic materials. The community, said the Police Chief, was asked to play an active role if they knew about the hoarding of basic goods needed by the community to immediately report them to the police so that strict action was carried out immediately.

"I also ask that if there is information on hoarding the needs of the Garut community, I beg you to report it and will take firm action," he said. He added that the police some time ago had revealed a case of misuse of subsidized gas in Garut, which has now been handled directly by the National Police Headquarters.