Police Bust Illegal Subsidised Gas Mixing Operation in Bogor, Couple Arrested
Bogor Police and their units uncovered an illegal practice of mixing subsidised LPG gas in Sukaraja and Cileungsi sub-districts, Bogor Regency. From the eight raided mixing sites, police secured evidence of 793 gas cylinders ranging from 3 to 12 kilograms.
“Conducting a press release regarding the criminal act of uncovering the illegal practice of mixing 3-kilogram subsidised LPG into 12-kilogram non-subsidised cylinders. There are two locations, two crime scenes: the first in the jurisdiction of Sukaraja Police Sector and the second in Cileungsi Police Sector,” said Bogor Police Chief AKBP Wikha Ardikestanto on Friday (3/4/2026).
“From both police sectors, the total evidence secured is 793 cylinders consisting of 435 3kg gas cylinders, 331 12kg gas cylinders, 27 5.5kg gas cylinders, then 76 gas injection tools, 4 scales, and 1 pickup truck which we have also secured,” he added.
Wikha stated that the first raid was conducted in the jurisdiction of Sukaraja Police Sector on Tuesday (31/3) night. From the location, police secured 90 subsidised 3-kilogram gas cylinders, 45 non-subsidised 12-kilogram gas cylinders, and 10 5.5-kilogram gas cylinders.
In addition, 4 gas injection tools in the form of iron pipes, 1 scale, and 1 pickup were also secured. When raided, the mixing perpetrator with initials H fled and has now been declared a DPO.
The second location of the illegal LPG mixing practice that was raided is in Dayeuh Village, Cileungsi Sub-district, on Thursday (2/4) afternoon. Bogor Police along with Cileungsi Police Sector raided 7 subsidised gas mixing points and secured a husband-and-wife couple with initials S and H.
“There were 7 locations raided at that time and 2 perpetrators with initials S and H were secured, both of whom are husband and wife,” said Wikha.
“Specifically in Cileungsi, a total of 648 gas cylinders were secured consisting of 345 3kg cylinders, then 286 12kg cylinders, 17 5.5kg cylinders, 72 gas injection tools, and 3 scales,” he added.
Wikha said that the uncovering of the illegal subsidised gas mixing practice is under the direct attention of the National Police Chief to Polda and Police Resort levels. This is to anticipate the impact of the Middle East conflict on domestic energy resilience.
“The uncovering of this criminal act is under the direct attention of the National Police Chief. On that Zoom occasion, he directed all ranks to be sensitive to the global geopolitical situation, which is currently mainly occurring in the Middle East, affecting energy resilience in several countries including Indonesia,” said Wikha.
“He reminded that the Police must firmly crack down on all violations and criminality related to energy resilience, one of which is the enforcement of illegal subsidised gas mixing practices that are then mixed into non-subsidised gas,” he continued.
Wikha stated that uncovering the illegal subsidised gas mixing practice can prevent huge state losses, while ensuring subsidies are on target.
“This aims to stop state losses which I think if the amount is still in the billions of rupiah, it could even reach hundreds of billions, and also the misuse of subsidies,” he said.
“That potential state loss can be saved by us and we also ensure that subsidies are on target for small communities,” he added.