End of the extortion of Carita Beach Bamboo Bridge after the regional police were demolished

Jakarta – Wild levies (extortion) took place in the tourist attractions of Carita Beach, Pandeglang, Banten. Tourists who cross the bamboo bridge must pay RP. 5 thousand. The extortion action was viral and is recorded by a cellphone camera. In the circulating video seen by AFP on Friday (4/4/2025), a visitor seemed to be intercepted by a man wearing a black jacket after crossing the bridge. In the 25 -second video, the man was seen in the black jacket asking for money. The action was recorded by one of the visitors and asked about the money asked. In his confession, the victim claimed to have paid RP. 5 thousand after crossing a bridge of bamboo. Browse to continue with the content “(asked how much) RP. 5 thousand,” the visitor in the video said. Carita Iptu police chief said he had received information about the incident. The police will follow up. “We will follow up on the field,” he said when he was confirmed on Friday (4/4/2025). He said this mode took place on Carita Beach in 2023. According to him, the bridge was made with private funds, and then people who use it have to pay services. “They make their own bridges, people who succeed have to pay services,” he said. Photo: The arrest of the man with extortion with a bridge mode on Carita Beach, Banten (doc. Special) The police then moved to take the bridge apart. The bamboo bridge is not installed on the spot now. “I went to the place to ensure that the bridge was not reinstalled,” Carita Iptu police chief said Friday (4/4/2025). The bamboo bridge is made by the community. They, he said, want to benefit from the intersection of services. “Note that according to the information of the witnesses, they that the bridge was made by the community. They made a living by collecting intersection services,” he said. Turip claims to have known the identity of the owner of the two bridges. He said he was looking for the owner waiting for the bridge. The owner of the bridge is a secure photo: the owner of the Bambu Pungli bridge on Carita Beach, Banten was captured by a joint team of Banten police (Aris/Second). It was known that the bamboo bridge was made by a man named Dede Rio (Dr) (30). It did not take long, the joint team of the Banten Police Resmob joint team and Pandeglose police’s criminal investigation unit managed to ensure that it was secured about 1pm today. Police also obtained evidence in the form of two bamboo bridges and cardboard that read ‘through the payment bridge’. Police said Dede made a wild fee of RP. 5,000 to each tourist who wanted to cross the bridge. Dede earns a RP 400,000 expenditure used for daily purposes for three days. Dede was taken to Pandeglose police punishment for investigation into alleged extortion set out in section 368 of the Criminal Act. (covers/deck) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspirational story of the exemplary police candidate here