Gilimanuk police reportedly intercepted a big haul of arak on Monday.
The 450 liters of the homemade brew was stored in 15 jerry cans, reports Tribun Bali.
The truck transporting the arak had been covered with used cardboard and coconuts, but officers were apparently not fooled at the harbor crossing in Jembrana, Bali.
Gilimanuk Police, I Nyoman Wirya Sucipta said on Tuesday that the arak belonged to Ali Mukti, who was accompanied by Ilham Karyadi, acting as his driver.
Sucipta says after interrogation, Mukti claimed that the arak was purchased from a man named I Nyoman Wiana in Denpasar. The plan was then to bring the arak to the kampung in East Java for resale.
Mukti tried to camouflage the arak with cardboard and coconuts, and because he didn’t have an alcoholic beverage trading license, Mukti has been detained for the time being, Sucipta said.
Arak bought in Denpasar for Rp 550,000 per jerry can, can be sold in Situbondo, East Java for Rp 600,000, according to Tribun.
Photo of Gilimanuk Harbor: Wikimedia Commons
