JAKARTA, Legal Literacy - The KPK (Corruption Eradication Commission) confiscated cash in rupiah and foreign currencies, as well as three kilograms of precious metals in a sting operation (OTT) within the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) of the Ministry of Finance, on Wednesday (4/2/2026). This silent operation is allegedly related to a corruption case in the process of importing goods into Indonesia.

KPK Spokesperson, Budi Prasetyo, stated that investigators had secured a number of items in the OTT series. In this operation, the KPK also arrested several people, including an official referred to as the former Director of Enforcement and Investigation (P2) of Customs and Excise. Information obtained indicates that the official had just been transferred from the DJBC headquarters to the regional office in Lampung.

Budi explained that most of those secured had been taken to the KPK's Merah Putih Building. In addition, the KPK also took action in the Jakarta and Lampung areas.

Tempo has attempted to request information from the Director General of Customs and Excise Djaka Budi Utama and the Director of Communication and Guidance for Service Users of DJBC Nirwala Dwi Heryanto, but until this news was published, there has been no response.

In a series of sting operations (OTT), the KPK also searched the DJBC Headquarters of the Ministry of Finance in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, on the same day. Based on observations at the location, a group from the KPK Enforcement Deputy left the office at around 15:25 WIB using approximately seven vehicles.

A security officer stated that a dozen KPK investigators and investigators examined several rooms in the Sumatera Building, which is the office of the DJBC Directorate P2. However, the officer admitted that he did not know in detail what evidence was confiscated during the search.