Jakarta Customs Office destroys Rp20.18 billion in illegal excisable goods
The Jakarta Regional Customs Office has destroyed State-Owned Goods (BMMN) in the form of illegal excisable goods (BKC) valued at Rp20.18 billion, resulting from enforcement under Operation Asap and Operation Macan Kemayoran during the period from 2025 to July 2026.
Head of the Jakarta Regional Customs Office, Hendri Darnadi, said the destruction was carried out as a form of transparency and the implementation of the community protector function in safeguarding the public from the potential dangers of illegal goods. From this enforcement, the potential state losses saved are estimated to reach Rp11.81 billion.
“The operation against illegal excisable goods is a concrete manifestation of the shared commitment of law enforcement agencies to carry out the function of public protection, particularly in the Jakarta area and its surroundings,” Hendri said in his statement in Jakarta on Thursday.
The destroyed goods included 12,979,847 sticks and 28,263.7 grams of illegal tobacco products, as well as 1,506 bottles or 901.93 litres of beverages containing ethyl alcohol (MMEA).
“All evidence was seized and designated as BMMN through 99 BMMN Decrees after obtaining approval for destruction,” he explained.
Hendri explained that the enforcement was carried out through cross-agency collaboration, including the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor’s Office, the Military Police of the Jayakarta Regional Military Command, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Civil Service Police Unit, and the Directorate General of State Assets (DJKN) of the Ministry of Finance.
In addition to physical destruction, some enforcement cases were resolved through the ultimum remedium legal mechanism, which succeeded in recovering state revenue amounting to Rp1.09 billion.
Nationally, the Director General of Customs and Excise, Djaka Budhi Utama, recorded that enforcement against the circulation of cigarettes without excise stamps reached 1.2 billion sticks from January to July 2026.
“This achievement jumped by almost 100 percent compared to the first half of the previous year, which recorded enforcement of around 600 million sticks,” he said.
The widespread circulation of illegal tobacco products has the potential to significantly depress state revenue.
A study by the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) together with APINDO estimates that potential state losses due to illegal cigarettes—whether without excise stamps, using counterfeit excise stamps, or using used stamps—reach Rp15 trillion per year.
These illegal practices eliminate three components of official revenue, namely the Tobacco Products Excise (CHT), the Cigarette Tax which forms part of Regional Own-Source Revenue (PAD), and the Value Added Tax on Tobacco Products (PPN HT).