Tribratanews.polri.go.id- Jakarta. The Greater Jakarta Metro. Regional Police will form a special team to dismantle unscrupulous persons or mafia importing medical equipment.
According to The Greater Jakarta Metro. Regional Police Chief, Inspector General Fadil Imran, the mafia is the cause of the shortage of medical equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Indeed, there are people or groups who take advantage of scarcity by falsifying or importing. However, it is not in accordance with the mechanism. We have coordinated with Customs and Excise so that this mafia can be eradicated," said The Greater Jakarta Metro. Regional Police Chief, Tuesday (07/27/2021).
So far, The Greater Jakarta Metro. Regional Police has succeeded in uncovering a number of cases of misuse of medical equipment.
"Central Jakarta Regional Police found indications of misuse of the import mechanism by means of counterfeiting types of goods," he said.
These individuals, said Fadil, used an inappropriate import mechanism.
"Of the 166 confiscated, there are 138 oxygen cylinders that have been surveyed and researched by friends from the Ministry of Health and are suitable for use in health facilities," he added.
His party has handed over the oxygen cylinders to the Jakarta Metro Government. The oxygen cylinder that was handed over to Governor Anies Baswedan has a size of 1 square meter.
In the market, the price per tube can reach Rp 2.5 million. In fact, the price on the market before the pandemic occurred was only IDR 300 thousand to IDR 900 thousand.
Some of the evidence had previously been auctioned off. Then, PT. Bank BNI bought which was then handed back to The Greater Jakarta Metro. Regional Police.
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