Police nab mudik travellers in vege truck
Published on: Friday, May 07, 2021
By: Tempo Indonesia
A number of passengers in the trunk of an Intercity and Interprovincial (AKAP) bus.
JAKARTA: Jakarta Police Traffic Directorate arrested a number of people attempting to cross the Jakarta Greater Area or Jabodetabek border by hiding in a vegetable truck for Eid homecoming or mudik. “At 01:05, the National Police secured a truck loaded with vegetables and also travelers in KM 31 of Cikarang toll road heading to Cikampek,” tweeted the traffic directorate’s Twitter account @TMCPoldaMetro early Thursday.
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The arrest of a number of travelers hiding in the vegetable truck was met with various responses from the netizens. Many of them lamented the police’s action.
The government had long announced the ban on Eid homecoming from May 6-17, 2021, in an effort to prevent coronavirus transmission.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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