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Police want detectors at Papua border
Indonesia should install detection devices at the Skouw-Wutung entry gate on its border with Papua New Guinea to prevent unwanted items such as firearms from entering the country, Papua Police chief Brig
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ndonesia should install detection devices at the Skouw-Wutung entry gate on its border with Papua New Guinea to prevent unwanted items such as firearms from entering the country, Papua Police chief Brig. Gen. Tito Karnavian said on Sunday.
'We will propose the placement of detector devices at the entry gate,' Tito told Antara news agency.
He also said the proposal needed to be realized soon because the police had learned from its investigation of three suspected members of an armed group that their guns and ammo had been brought into Papua from Papua New Guinea.
According to Tito, the arms had been brought in through the entry gate.
He said that given the confession from the suspects and the evidence in hand, devices like a metal detector and X-ray machine should be installed soon.
