Pekanbaru City: The Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) of Riau Province saved potential state losses of Rp. 365.8 billion in January-March 2022 or the first quarter. This amount was obtained from 161 actions as a form of supervision and prosecution of illegal goods. "From the 161 actions taken, it is estimated that the value of the goods reached Rp. 369.9 billion," said Head of the Riau DJBC, Agus Yulianto, in Pekanbaru, Friday, April 15, 2022. He said that his party mostly took action against illegal tobacco, which was 110 times out of 161 actions that had been carried out by DJBC Riau.

He detailed that 2.5 million illegal cigarettes were secured with an estimated value of Rp. 2.6 billion with a potential excise and tax value of Rp. 1.6 billion.

In addition, DJBC Riau also took 9 actions against narcotics trafficking in Riau.

"From these 9 actions, we secured 345.5 kg of methamphetamine and 16 thousand pills of ecstasy with an estimated value of goods reaching IDR 366.8 billion, and the potential loss to the state for rehabilitation costs of IDR 364 billion," Agus explained.

The rest of the DGCE Riau took 4 actions against textiles and textile products with an estimated value of Rp. 130 million with a potential state loss of Rp. 36.8 million.

In addition, there were two actions against iron, steel and their products with an estimated value of Rp. 63 million in goods with a potential loss to the state of Rp. 18.4 million.

Next, take action against electric machines, pumps and fuels with an estimated value of Rp. 163 million in goods with a potential loss of Rp. 38 million to the state.

"In the future, we will continue to improve our performance in monitoring and taking action against the circulation of illegal goods," he said.