Police turn back23,573vehicles on first day of homecoming ban
8th May 2021
A truck moves on the Salatiga-Solo toll road section in Central Java on Friday (May 7, 2021). As a result of the homecoming travel ban, the number of vehicles departing from Jakarta to other cities in Java has dropped by 53 percent. (ANTARA FOTO/Aloysius Jarot Nugroho/foc)
The total number of vehicles turned around on the first day for alleged homecoming trip is 23,573. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian police turned back 23,573 vehicles from 381 checkpoints across the country on the first day of the Eid-al-Fitr homecoming travel ban on Thursday.
The vehicles comprised 12,267 cars, 7,352 motorcycles, 2,148 passenger cars, and 1,768 cargo cars, chief of the public relations division of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono, revealed in a written statement released on Friday.