Revealed, This Is The Motive Of Farmers Faking Red Cayenne Pepper With Spray Paint

KOMPAS.com – After the police caught BN (35), a resident of Nampirejo Village, Temanggug district, Temanggung Regency, Central Java, a farmer who faked cayenne pepper by spraying it with red paint, one fact after another began to be revealed. In fact, the motive of the perpetrator is economic.

“Meanwhile, the motive of the perpetrators is economic, because red chili peppers are more expensive. This is still an initial investigation, we will secure the new perpetrator and we will still investigate him,” said Temanggung Police Chief, AKBP Benny Setyowadi, at the Temanggung Police Headquarters, Thursday (12/31/2020)) night.

Benny said that the perpetrator was arrested by his party on Tuesday (12/29/2020), at the hands of the BN the police managed to secure evidence of chili peppers mixed with dyes and two plyok or spray paint in his house.

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According to the results of the examination, the chili peppers have been circulating in Wage Market, Sokaraja Market and Cermai Market, Banyumas Regency.

Not only that, the chillies also went to the pickers in Dukuh Hamlet, Madal Village, Temanggung District and Gondosuli pegepul, Bulu District, Temanggung Regency.

“From these collectors, he alleged, the chili peppers then circulated to the Banyumas area,” said the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Temanggung Police, AKP Ni Made Srinitri.

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For his actions, the author is threatened with 15 years in prison.

Meanwhile, BN admitted that it was initially just for fun. He did this because the price of green chili peppers was only Rs 20,000 per kilogram, while red chilies were Rs 45,000.

Before the police, BN also admitted that the act was only carried out once.

“I only did this once to spray 5 kilograms of chili peppers. If my field is 1 hectare (0.5) hectare, I usually get 1 quintal of harvest. But only 5-6 kilograms are sprayed and then I sell it to pickers,” said.

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(Author: Magelang Contributor, Ika Fitriana | Editor: Khairina)