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        "msgid": "customs-seizes-249-million-illegal-cigarettes-in-january-2026-1771898494",
        "date": "2026-02-23 23:34:32",
        "title": "Customs seizes 249 million illegal cigarettes in January 2026",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Directorate General of Customs and Excise reported seizing 249 million illegal cigarettes in January 2026, a 295.9 per cent surge compared to the same period last year. The sharp increase was partly driven by the discovery of an illegal cigarette warehouse in Pekanbaru, reflecting strengthened cooperation between customs authorities and law enforcement agencies.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2014 The Directorate General of Customs and Excise\n(DJBC) under the Ministry of Finance reported having seized 249 million\nillegal cigarettes in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The figure surged 295.9 per cent compared to the same period last\nyear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn January 2025, only around 63 million were acted upon and seized.\nIn January 2026, this increased to 249 million illegal cigarettes\ncaptured by Customs and Excise,\u201d said Deputy Finance Minister Suahasil\nNazara during the APBN KiTa press conference in Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of enforcement, the DJBC carried out 1,243 actions against\nillegal cigarettes, up 53.8 per cent year-on-year. The increase was\npartly driven by the uncovering of an illegal cigarette warehouse in\nPekanbaru.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the reasons is the seizure of an illegal cigarette warehouse\nin Pekanbaru, where Customs and Excise worked together with other law\nenforcement agencies to locate the warehouse and carry out a very\nsignificant enforcement operation there,\u201d the deputy minister said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Suahasil, the action demonstrated the strengthening of\nsynergy between the DJBC and other law enforcement agencies, which will\ncontinue to be enhanced going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond illegal cigarette enforcement, the DJBC also recorded 95\nnarcotics enforcement actions up to January 2026, down 2.1 per cent\ncompared to the previous year. Although the frequency of enforcement\nslightly declined, the total evidence seized reached 0.21 tonnes, up\n111.7 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Customs and Excise team inaugurated by the Minister (Purbaya\nYudhi Sadewa) continues to optimise customs and excise oversight, and we\nhope this will continue going forward so that we become ever better in\nboth supervision and state revenue collection,\u201d he added.<\/p>",
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