Police Raid Prostitution Den in Cilegon Boarding House, Pimp on the Run

Banten Provincial Police have uncovered an online prostitution practice in a boarding house in Cilegon City, Banten. Victims were forced to serve up to ten lecherous men in one night.

“We uncovered a recruitment and sheltering practice for women who were then offered to men through the MiChat app. The incident occurred on Monday, 30 March 2026, around 00:30 WIB, in a boarding house in Cilegon City, Banten Province,” said the Head of Public Relations of Banten Police, Commissioner Maruli Hutapea, on Monday (30/3/2026).

Following up on the report, the team from Unit II of Subdirectorate IV of the Criminal Investigation Directorate investigated and visited the location. From the examination, police found several rooms used to serve customers.

“Victims were offered at rates ranging from Rp 200,000 to Rp 500,000 per service. In addition, they were promised an income of Rp 3,500,000 per week and meal allowance of Rp 100,000 per day, with a target of serving at least ten customers,” Maruli continued.

Police seized several pieces of evidence, such as cash amounting to Rp 2.3 million, contraceptives, several mobile phones, and a customer or guest logbook.

In this case, there are two female victims from West Java and Lampung. Meanwhile, two perpetrators were secured, namely a woman with initials AN (29) and a man with initials TH (23).

TH served as the caretaker of the boarding house as well as a tout who sought customers, while AN collected money from transactions to be deposited to the pimp with initials RS. Currently, RS is on the wanted list (DPO) and is being hunted.

“The perpetrators carried out the actions for their own benefit, by recruiting, sheltering, and offering the victims through the MiChat app to serve lecherous men,” Maruli explained.

Police urge the public to actively report if they know of any suspected criminal acts of human trafficking or other forms of exploitation.

“We invite the public to immediately report through the 110 call centre if they know of human trafficking practices. Public participation is very important in efforts to prevent and eradicate TPPO,” he said.