Police Thwarts Smuggling Attempt of Used Clothing and Illegal Phones

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Metro Jaya Regional Police successfully thwarted the smuggling of hundreds of bulks of used clothing and illegal gadgets. Director of Special Crime Investigation of the Metro Jaya Regional Police Great Commissioner Aulisansyah Lubis said that the discovery was made in relation to numerous goods being smuggled through unofficial ports.

"The goods enter from illegal ports, but not limiting the possibilities of [using] large ports," Auliansyah said on Friday, March 24, 2023.

The Metro Jaya Regional Police has confiscated 535 bulk of used clothing, 577 illegal phones, and 27 illegal tablets. The goods were collected from operations started on February 2023, until March 22, 2023.

The goods were imported from China or Japan, Korea, and the United States. The goods were ordered through an international e-commerce platform.

"The perpetrators ordered from Alibaba, entered into Indonesia, and then sold," Auliansyah said.

The Police managed to arrest the suspect who illegally imported the used clothing known as JW (34 years old). Meanwhile, the suspect arrested in relation to the import of illegal gadgets is known as OW (24 years old). The Police are still conducting investigations to fund other parties related to the crime.

The suspects have been organizing the illegal crime since November 2022, with an average of Rp 400 million monthly revenue from the illegal gadget business.

Meanwhile, the used clothing import business has been ongoing since 2018. "The value of goods traded by the perpetrators is around Rp 31.76 billion," Auliasyah said.

M.FAIZ ZAKI

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