Port police seize $1m shipment goods

Port police seize $1m shipment goods

JAKARTA (JP): Tanjung Priok Port Police have arrested three
men and confiscated millions of rupiah from them for their
alleged roles in a recent robbery of 10 empty wooden shipment
containers and diesel engines worth Rp 7 billion (US$1 million)
from a warehouse at the port, an officer said on Friday.

Tanjung Priok Port Police chief Lt. Col. Edward Aritonang
identified the three suspects as Irwan Mizar, an employee of
state-owned port operator PT Pelindo II who was posted at the
company's Container Terminal gate, Rozak, a guard at the port,
and Jhoni Kainama, who allegedly helped in the fencing of the
stolen goods.

"The goods belong to a company called PT Angsa Daya here,"
Edward told reporters.

He said the goods were shipped from Sweden for local
industrial needs and were stored at the port's warehouse.

"PT Angsa Daya had not yet finished completing the official
permits to get the goods out. It was during this time that the
three suspects used fake documents and managed to get the goods
out," Aritonang said.

"They then sold these goods to a fence called Sakatah Karis
form North Jakarta for Rp 650 million."

"We then investigated the case and found Sakatah. We seized
all the goods from him before finally identifying the whereabouts
of the three suspects."

Aritonang added that it would take some time to return
Sakatah's money to him. (ylt)