Police Affirm Commitment to Impoverish LPG Adulterators Using Money Laundering Provisions

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency has affirmed its commitment to impoverish adulterators or perpetrators misusing subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by applying money laundering offence provisions (TPPU). “We will implement the Oil and Gas Law provisions alongside the TPPU Law to impoverish these criminal perpetrators,” stated Director of Specific Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Mohammad Irhamni, during a statement in Jakarta on Monday. He explained that subsidies are a government policy to alleviate the burden on the public, and thus any misuse of subsidised goods constitutes a highly detrimental crime. Bareskrim Polri, he added, has directed all police units to increase the intensity of law enforcement against the misuse of subsidised fuels and LPG. One measure is the formation of task forces at the provincial and district police levels. Recently, Bareskrim Polri successfully uncovered a case of subsidised LPG misuse in Klaten Regency, Central Java. Irhamni detailed that the case disclosure began with a public report received on 15 April 2026, which was immediately followed up with an investigation. The team then conducted a raid on 28 April 2026 in the early hours at a warehouse in Wonosari Subdistrict, Klaten, used for injecting subsidised LPG. During the raid, police secured 1,465 LPG cylinders of various sizes, injection equipment, and six operational vehicles used in the illegal activity. The perpetrators’ modus operandi involved transferring the contents of 3kg subsidised LPG cylinders to 12kg and 50kg non-subsidised cylinders for resale at higher prices. “The gas from subsidised cylinders is transferred to non-subsidised ones using specific techniques, then sold at non-subsidised prices for profit,” he explained. Two suspects were arrested: KA (40), the injector and weigher, and ARP (26), the transport driver.