Tribratanews.polri.go.id – Surabaya. The East Java Regional Police Law Enforcement (Gakkum) Task Force arrested two people in Sidoarjo Regency. Because hoard oxygen gas cylinders. In addition, the perpetrators also sell above the highest retail price (HET).
In the midst of ensuring the availability of oxygen cylinders, there are even people in Sidoarjo who use them for profit, explained the East Java Regional Police Chief, Pol Inspector General Nico Afinta Karo-Karo, Monday (07/12/21).
The two-star general said two of the three people arrested had the initials AS and TW, who were the perpetrators of hoarding oxygen and selling over HET. Meanwhile, FR is US and TW consumers, and all three are still witnesses.
"We found 129 oxygen cylinders from these two perpetrators, and they were sold for more than IDR 750 thousand HET," explained the East Java Regional Police Chief.
The East Java Regional Police Chief explained that the chronology of the arrests was that the US originally bought hundreds of oxygen cylinders from PT NI at a price of IDR 700,000 for the size of one cubic meter. Then AS, assisted by his sister with the initials TW, marketed through social media Facebook and WhatsApp Groups at a price of IDR 1,350,000 per 1 cubic meter.
"Then it was bought by FR (consumers), so that in their action AS and TW got a profit of IDR 650 thousand per tube," explained the East Java Regional Police Chief.
The two-star general appealed to the public not to take advantage in the midst of a pandemic. Nico promised to continue to monitor the distribution of drugs and oxygen, in order to meet the needs of the hospital.
