Jambi Police have new patrol ship

Jambi Police have new patrol ship

JAMBI: The Jambi Provincial Police have a new patrol boat that
will be used to fight against the rampant smuggling in the
province.

Jambi Police chief Brig. Gen. Toto Soewali said the new boat
would be deployed in the East Tanjung Jabung and West Tanjung
Jabung regencies, which were high-risk areas for fuel and car
smuggling.

"This year, the police were able to foil the smuggling of
three luxury cars through the eastern coastal area to the
regencies," he said here on Friday.

He said the new boat was bought to reinforce the existing
three patrol boats and ten speedboats used to patrol the eastern
coastal area.

He said that smuggling of fuel was also rampant in the coastal
areas and transactions were conducted outside the province.

Toto said the police would also conduct an operation against
the rampant piracy in the Jambi waters. He claimed that many
fishermen had been robbed and killed by pirates. --Antara