The Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Regional Police has uncovered suspected illegal cigarette distribution in four regencies by confiscating 9,271 packs of cigarettes suspected of violating trade legality requirements.
Law enforcement officers, along with several related agencies, destroyed evidence in the alleged smuggling of illegally imported onions from various countries, which allegedly entered Indonesia through back channels across the Malaysian border.
The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Regional Police presented awards to several police personnel and Customs and Excise officers for their success in uncovering illegal cigarette smuggling in the Indonesia-RDTL border area.
The disclosure of a large-scale illegal cigarette trafficking case in the border area of Belu Regency in 2025 was one of the most prominent law enforcement operations in East Nusa Tenggara.
The Indonesian Quarantine Agency (Barantin) destroyed 2.9 tons of illegal wild boar meat that did not have quarantine certificates at the Cilegon Animal Quarantine Installation (IKH).
The Directorate of Consumer Protection and Trade Order (PKTN) of the Trade Ministry, together with related ministries/institutions, secured a total of suspected illegal products worth IDR 15 billion.
