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        "msgid": "three-smuggling-attempts-foiled-state-secures-48-6-kg-of-gold-1787115110",
        "date": "2026-08-19 10:55:05",
        "title": "Three Smuggling Attempts Foiled, State Secures 48.6 Kg of Gold",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Indonesian authorities have thwarted three separate gold smuggling operations within a week, seizing approximately 48.6 kilograms of gold. The cases involved foreign nationals from China and India attempting to transport gold out of the country through Soekarno-Hatta Airport and illegal mining networks. The seizures, valued at over Rp100 billion, highlight ongoing efforts by customs and police to combat illicit gold trafficking.",
        "content": "<p>Indonesia has successfully foiled gold smuggling attempts by foreign\nnationals within the past week. At least 48.6 kilograms of gold were\nsecured by officers from the Directorate General of Customs and Excise\nat the Ministry of Finance and the Criminal Investigation Department of\nthe Indonesian National Police.<\/p>\n<p>In the first case, the Directorate General of Customs and Excise\nsecured around 48 pieces of gold with a total weight of 23.78 kg in\ndifferent forms, consisting of 41 pieces of 24-carat cylindrical gold\nweighing 17.43 kg and 7 pieces of gold bars weighing 6.35 kg. The\nsmuggling attempt was uncovered at Soekarno-Hatta Airport when the\nperpetrators were about to fly abroad. There were seven perpetrators,\nall Chinese nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Director General of Customs and Excise Djaka Budhi Utama said the\nperpetrators used different methods to smuggle the gold. For the\ncylindrical or bullet-shaped gold, the perpetrators deliberately\ninserted it into their genitals to evade officers. For the gold bars,\nthe perpetrators handed them over to ground handling staff at the\nloading dock.<\/p>\n<p>In the second case, the Directorate of Special Crimes at the Criminal\nInvestigation Department uncovered an alleged illegal gold mining\nnetwork operated by Indian nationals, with plans to smuggle the gold to\nDubai. At least 2.5 kg of gold was secured. Investigators raided two\napartments in North Jakarta and arrested two Indian nationals. At the\nfirst location, they found approximately 2.5 kilograms of gold,\nconsisting of two gold bars of about one kilogram each and gold rings\nweighing about half a kilogram, stored in a safe. At the second\nlocation, they found a suspected gold processing site and 18 pieces of\nwhite metal residue weighing about 18 kilograms, believed to be\nby-products of gold processing.<\/p>\n<p>In the third case, the Directorate General of Customs and Excise\nfoiled a gold smuggling attempt to Hong Kong via Soekarno-Hatta Airport.\nOfficers secured 30 gold bars weighing a total of 22.317 kilograms worth\naround Rp60 billion, carried by two Chinese nationals. The two\nperpetrators, identified as ZC and ZL, were arrested at Terminal 3\nInternational Departures on Thursday. ZC was found carrying seven gold\nbars weighing 8.237 kilograms hidden in a pouch in cabin luggage, while\nZL was found carrying 23 gold bars weighing 14.080 kilograms using a\nbody strap method.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/three-smuggling-attempts-foiled-state-secures-48-6-kg-of-gold-1787115110",
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