Bareskrim Uncovers Smuggling in North Jakarta, Seizes Thousands of Illegal Imported Mobile Phones
The Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) team from Bareskrim Polri raided a warehouse in North Jakarta. The warehouse is suspected to be a storage site for smuggled goods in Indonesia.
Based on information received by detikcom on Tuesday (14/4/2026), the raid took place today in the Penjaringan area, North Jakarta. The operation was directly led by the Director of Tipideksus Bareskrim Polri, Brigjen Ade Safri Simanjuntak, and the Deputy Director of Tipideksus Bareskrim Polri, Kombes Arif Budiman.
Several pieces of evidence were found by the Satgas Gakkum Smuggling team from Tipideksus Bareskrim Polri. Officers seized thousands of illegal imported mobile phones at the location.
The Directorate of Special Economic Crimes team from Bareskrim Polri had previously uncovered a case of illegal gold processing as well as suspected money laundering crimes (TPPU) with transaction values amounting to Rp 25.9 trillion. The revelation of that case stemmed from a report of analysis results from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK).
Director of Tipideksus Bareskrim Polri, Brigjen Ade Safri Simanjuntak, explained that the report submitted by PPATK contained suspicious transactions related to gold buying and selling conducted by gold shops and trading activities by gold refining companies to foreign countries using gold suspected to originate from unlicensed gold mining (PETI). Based on investigation results, the illegal mining process occurred in West Kalimantan to West Papua during the period 2019-2025.
In addition, Bareskrim investigators obtained information that the accumulated gold buying and selling transactions suspected to originate from illegal mining reached Rp 25.9 trillion. Those transactions came from illegal mines as well as sales to several gold refining companies and exporter companies.
In the course of the investigation, investigators raided five locations in Nganjuk Regency and Surabaya on 19-20 February 2026. Investigators seized several pieces of evidence, including gold in various jewellery forms with a total weight of 8.16 kg, gold in bar form weighing 51.3 kg valued at approximately Rp 150 billion, and cash amounting to Rp 7.13 billion.
Investigators have also named three individuals as suspects, namely men TW, woman DW, and man BSW. Investigators, continued Ade Safri, are developing the money laundering crime (TPPU) case. Investigators then searched PT Simba Jaya, PT Indah Golden Signature (IGS), and PT Suka Jadi Logam (SJL).