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Illustration of members of the 88th Special Antiterrorist Detachment. Photo: ANTARA / HO
jpnn.com, JAKARTA – Terrorist suspect Taufik Bulaga (TB) alias Upik Lawanga has received orders to manufacture weapons from the leadership of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) since August 2020.
This was transmitted by the Chief of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Pol Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono during a press conference at the Police Criminal Investigation Office, in South Jakarta, on Friday (12/18 ).
“Orders from your leadership that from August 2020, please manufacture weapons,” said Inspector General Argo.
Upik Lawanga is considered a valuable asset by the JI group because he is good at making highly explosive firearms and bombs, as well as his military skills like shooting.
According to Argo, while on the run, Upik lived a nomadic life.
It was recorded that in 2007, he left Poso, Central Sulawesi, for Surabaya, East Java.
Then he moved back to Solo, Central Java, until he finally settled in Lampung.
It was in Lampung that Upik ran a business as a duck seller and managed to raise money to buy a house.
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