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        "id": 2008778,
        "msgid": "pasuruan-customs-destroys-illegal-cigarettes-and-alcohol-worth-rp-9-3-billion-1790679304",
        "date": "2026-09-29 16:36:10",
        "title": "Pasuruan Customs Destroys Illegal Cigarettes and Alcohol Worth Rp 9.3 Billion",
        "author": "Muhammad Hafil",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Pasuruan Customs, in collaboration with law enforcement, has destroyed 11.7 tonnes of illegal excise goods, including millions of cigarettes and litres of illicit alcohol. The seized goods, valued at Rp 9.39 billion, represent a potential loss of Rp 4.66 billion in state excise revenue.",
        "content": "<p>Pasuruan Customs, alongside law enforcement agencies and the local\ngovernment, held a symbolic destruction of evidence from illegal excise\ngoods enforcement at the Pasuruan Regent\u2019s Office courtyard on Thursday\n(24\/09\/2026). Following the ceremony, the remaining goods were\ntransported to a waste processing company in Ngoro, Mojokerto, to be\ndestroyed using environmentally friendly methods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goods we are destroying are the results of enforcement actions\nconducted throughout the period from September 2025 to May 2026,\u201d stated\nthe Head of Pasuruan Customs, Wijang Abdillah.<\/p>\n<p>Through surveillance operations in the Pasuruan region and its\nsurroundings, Pasuruan Customs secured a total of 11.7 tonnes of illegal\ngoods, consisting of 6,153,566 sticks of cigarettes without excise\nstamps and 3,007.2 litres of illegal alcohol, with a total value of Rp\n9.39 billion. These findings have the potential to cause state losses in\nthe excise sector amounting to Rp 4.66 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe perpetrators were found to be using various modes of operation\nto deceive officers, ranging from disguising goods among household\nmoving loads and utilising Courier Service Companies (PJT), to\ntransporting them using intercity travel vehicles,\u201d said Wijang.<\/p>\n<p>These actions violate Article 54 in conjunction with Article 56 of\nLaw Number 11 of 1995 concerning Excise, as amended by Law Number 7 of\n2021 concerning the Harmonisation of Tax Regulations, which carries a\nthreat of up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of ten times the\nexcise value.<\/p>\n<p>Wijang emphasised that the enforcement and destruction of illegal\nexcise goods is a tangible commitment by Customs to secure state revenue\nand protect the community as a \u2018community protector\u2019 from products that\ndo not meet quality standards. \u201cPasuruan Customs also urges the public\nand business actors not to trade illegal excise goods in order to create\nfairness for the legal industry that complies with the regulations,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/pasuruan-customs-destroys-illegal-cigarettes-and-alcohol-worth-rp-9-3-billion-1790679304",
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