Customs seize explosive materials<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Customs and Excise office seized on
\nFriday a container imported from Hamburg, Germany, containing 50
\ndrums of chemicals which could be used as explosive materials.<\/p>\n
Office head Roy R. Lino said that the materials imported by a
\nJakarta-based firm, PT JML, arrived here on Jan. 11 on the MV
\nEmperor ship in Tanjung Priok harbor, North Jakarta without
\nproper import documentation.<\/p>\n
\"The chemical materials, included potassium cyanide which
\ncould be used as fertilizer, explosives or whatever,\" outgoing
\nRoy told reporters.<\/p>\n
He said the container also contained chemicals for food
\nprocessing which were not equipped with a permit from the
\nDirectorate General for Food and Drug Control (POM).<\/p>\n
Roy would not speculate on the intended use of the chemicals,
\nsaying only that his office was only concerned with seizing the
\ncontainer because it lacked adequate import documents.<\/p>\n
\"Our duty is only to check documents and seize them when they
\nare incomplete. Let police probe the case,\" Roy said after
\nleading his officers in the opening of the containers at a
\ncontainer warehouse in the harbor.<\/p>\n
He said his office also seized six other containers filled
\nwith electronic goods which were illegally imported by Jakarta-
\nbased firm PT HML.<\/p>\n
The containers which included more than 4,000 U.S.-made
\ntelephone sets, were imported by a company from Hong Kong without
\na permit from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, he said.<\/p>\n
He did not say when the electronic goods arrived.<\/p>\n
According to Roy the state suffered from at least Rp 133
\nmillion (US$14,000) in lost taxes due to illegal importing by the
\ntwo companies.<\/p>\n
The Customs and Excise office has stepped up its activities in
\nseizing large amounts of illegally imported and smuggled goods in
\nthe past few months.<\/p>\n
Roy is due to hand over his post to Endang Tata on Monday.
\n(jun)<\/p>",
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