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        "msgid": "police-hunt-smugglers-of-tens-of-thousands-of-illegal-iphones-worth-rp235-billion-1776772271",
        "date": "2026-04-21 17:50:06",
        "title": "Police Hunt Smugglers of Tens of Thousands of Illegal iPhones Worth Rp235 Billion",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Indonesian police have dismantled a large-scale syndicate smuggling illegal mobile phones from China, seizing over 56,000 iPhones, thousands of Android devices, and spare parts valued at approximately Rp235 billion, along with non-compliant baby clothes and toys. Two suspects have been named for their roles in importing and distributing these goods via deceptive practices like under-invoicing, bypassing customs and safety standards, in an operation directed by the President and National Police Chief to curb state revenue losses. The case highlights enforcement of trade, industry, and consumer protection laws, with potential for additional arrests as investigations continue.",
        "content": "<p>The Task Force for Law Enforcement on Smuggling Crimes (Satgas Gakkum\nLundup) of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency has\nuncovered a large-scale illegal mobile phone import syndicate from China\nto Indonesia. In this bust, police seized tens of thousands of units of\nmobile phones from various brands valued at hundreds of billions of\nrupiah and named two individuals as suspects. Director of Special\nEconomic Crimes (Dirtipideksus) of the National Police Criminal\nInvestigation Agency, Brigadier General Ade Safri Simanjuntak, stated\nthat this action is a direct instruction from the President of the\nRepublic of Indonesia and the National Police Chief to eradicate state\nrevenue leakages. The operation was conducted at six different locations\nspread across North Jakarta, West Jakarta, to East Java. The raids\ncovered warehouses, shophouses, and offices doubling as storage for\nillegally imported goods. This time, the search was carried out at the\noffice of PT Tepat Sukses Logistik (TSL) located in the Surya Inti\nPermata Juanda Shophouse Complex, Block B, Gedangan, Sidoarjo, East\nJava, on Tuesday (21\/4). \u201cToday, the joint investigation team from the\nDirectorate of Special Economic Crimes of the National Police Criminal\nInvestigation Agency, also involving the Directorate of Cyber Crimes of\nthe National Police Criminal Investigation Agency, and the Pusden of the\nNational Police Criminal Investigation Agency, as well as the Kortas\nTipikor of the National Police, as a follow-up to the instructions from\nthe National Police Chief, is carrying out forced search efforts at the\nTSL office in the Gedangan area, Sidoarjo at this time,\u201d said Ade Safri\nin Sidoarjo. From the searches at various locations, officers seized\ntens of thousands of mobile phone units, ranging from iPhone brands to\nvarious Android phone brands, as well as tens of thousands of mobile\nphone spare parts. The estimated total value of the illicit goods is\naround Rp235 billion. \u201cThe first is the iPhone brand with 56,557 units\nwith a total valuation of Rp225,208,000,000. Then the second is also\nseized Android HP of various brands totalling 1,625 units with a\nvaluation or price of Rp5,387,500,000,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the third is HP\nspare parts in the form of batteries, chargers, cables, and others\ntotalling 18,574 pieces. So there are a total of 76,756 pieces with a\ntotal value of Rp235,089,800,000,\u201d Ade Safri continued. In addition to\nseizing tens of thousands of handphones, the investigation team found\nthousands of other products in the form of baby clothes and children\u2019s\ntoys at the search locations. These products are known to lack\nIndonesian National Standard (SNI) labels. However, Ade Safri said,\nbased on Ministry of Industry regulations, both types of goods are\nrequired to meet safety standards before being traded to the public.\nNevertheless, Ade Safri said, these goods had already been freely sold\nthrough online shopping platforms despite not fulfilling the applicable\nadministrative and safety requirements. \u201cSo besides the evidence seized\nby the investigation team, besides the evidence in the form of HP, the\ninvestigators also found other products in the form of baby clothes and\nchildren\u2019s toys. These are subject to mandatory SNI under the Ministry\nof Industry Regulation. And it has been established by the investigators\nthat the SNI for these baby clothing products has not been completed,\u201d\nhe said. Two Main Suspects In this case, based on the case review\nresults, investigators have named two main suspects with initials DCP\nalias P and SJ. Both are deemed responsible for the entry of these\nillegal goods into Indonesia. Suspect DCP played a role in importing\nused goods without SNI, while SJ acted as the party distributing these\ngoods. Ade mentioned that the modus operandi used by the suspects\nincluded practices such as under-invoicing, under-accounting, and\nundeclared to avoid customs obligations. The suspects, he said, used PT\nTSL as a holding company in Sidoarjo, East Java, to facilitate their\nactions by utilising several shell companies in Jakarta. \u201cPT TSL is a\nholding company that uses several shell companies to handle import\ndocumentation for illegal handphones, among others,\u201d he stated. \u201cThe\nTask Force for Law Enforcement against smuggling crimes that harm state\nassets will conduct developments and trace all parties responsible for\nthis illegal import crime,\u201d he added. In the investigation process, it\nwas also revealed that thousands of units of illegal imported handphones\nfrom China entered Indonesian territory without valid documents through\nthe air route at Juanda International Airport, Surabaya. \u201cRegarding the\nillegal handphone evidence that entered through illegal imports from\nChina, it entered through air cargo. So through Juanda Airport,\u201d said\nAde. For their actions, the two suspects now face layered charges\nranging from trade crimes, industry, telecommunications, consumer\nprotection, to money laundering. They are suspected of violating Article\n106 and\/or Article 111 in conjunction with Article 47 paragraph 1 and or\nArticle 113 in conjunction with Article 57 paragraph 2 of Law No.\u00a07 of\n2014 on Trade, and or Article 120 of Law No.\u00a03 of 2014 on Industry, and\nor Article 67 of Law No.\u00a020 of 2014 on Standardization and Conformity\nAssessment. Then Article 52 in conjunction with Article 32 paragraph 1,\nLaw No.\u00a036 of 1999 on Telecommunications and or Article 62 in\nconjunction with Article 8 paragraph 1 Law No.\u00a08 of 1999 on Consumer\nProtection and Article 607 paragraph 1 letters A and B of Law No.\u00a01 of\n2023 Criminal Code on money laundering crimes. Furthermore, Ade Safri\nemphasised the commitment of the National Police Criminal Investigation\nAgency to thoroughly investigate this case from upstream to downstream,\nincluding tracing the involvement of other parties in the illegal supply\nchain. He did not rule out the possibility of additional suspects in\nthis case. \u201cWe, the investigation team, are committed that the\ninvestigation of the handling of the aforesaid case will be carried out\nthoroughly.\u201d<\/p>",
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