JABAR EKSPRES – The Clean Sweep of Illegal Levies (Saber Pungli) team of Sukabumi Police, West Java, arrested 10 extortionists against tourists in the UNESCO Global Geopark Ciletuh Palabuhan Ratu (UGGCP) tourist area of Sukabumi Regency, Tuesday (25/4).

“We arrested the extortionists in several different locations. From the hands of the perpetrators, millions of rupiah worth of extortion money was confiscated,” said Sukabumi District Saber Pungli Chairman, Kompol Septa Firmansyah, in Sukabumi.

Septa said that at the Palampang Beach location, his party arrested the perpetrators with the initials U, US, and D with evidence of Rp4,498,000 in extortion money, at the Curug Marinjung location, three extortionists were arrested with the initials R, S, and RU with evidence of Rp780.000.

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Then, on Jalan Raya Gunungsumping, officers arrested four extortionists with the initials A, D, DE, and I. The perpetrators are currently being questioned and given guidance by the Sukabumi District Yustisi Working Group.

The mode of extortion by the perpetrators is by asking for a sum of money to tourists on the grounds of security, cleanliness, and parking, some even ask for money to tourists who pass through the rat route to tourist attractions.