ランサ税関と物品税が76千本の違法タバコを破壊

BANDA ACEH - The Customs Supervision and Service Office of the Customs Type Pabean C Langsa, Aceh, destroyed 76,000 illegal cigarettes resulting from customs and excise prosecutions.

Head of the Customs Supervision and Service Office of Customs Type C Langsa Sulaiman said the value of the destroyed cigarettes reached Rp160.9 million with a state loss of Rp107.1 million.

"The action and destruction of these cigarettes is to protect the public from the circulation of illegal goods. The number of illegal cigarettes destroyed is more than 76 thousand sticks," said Sulaiman as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 23.

Sulaiman said the tens of thousands of illegal cigarettes destroyed were the result of prosecution in the operation of the Langsa Customs and Excise land patrol in the period November 2022 to February 2023.

"The destruction of illegal cigarettes is carried out by cutting, burning, and buried in the ground. The goal is to eliminate the main function," said Sulaiman.

The destruction is an order of Article 66 Paragraph (1) of Law Number 39 of 2007 concerning amendments to Law Number 11 of 1995 concerning Excise.

The article states that excisable goods and other goods from unknown violators are controlled by the state and under the supervision of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.

If within 14 days of being controlled by the state and violators remain known, then the excisable goods and other goods are designated as state property.

"We hope that the destruction of these illegal cigarettes can educate the public so as not to buy illegal cigarettes. In addition, we will also increase supervision and counseling to the public," said Sulaiman.