Police seize firecrackers, alcohol

Police seize firecrackers, alcohol

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: East Kalimantan Police announced
on Wednesday that they had confiscated approximately 57,000
firecrackers and 1,000 bottles of alcoholic beverages in raids
launched throughout the city during the fasting month of
Ramadhan.

So far, however, they have failed to arrest the main
distributors.

"The operation began two weeks ago and thousands of
firecrackers have been destroyed," said Sudjarno, a deputy police
chief in Samarinda.

He said the raid also targeted alcoholic beverages, sharp
weapons and narcotics, as well as youths racing their cars and
motorbikes through the streets.

The police have also seized two sharp weapons and around 100
motorbikes used in illegal races, he said, adding that they also
found more than 565 narcotic pills.

Sudjarno said the raid would continue until after Ramadhan.
--Antara