Indonesian Police to Build 10 Food Security Warehouses in 2026

Jakarta: Indonesia’s National Police (Polri) will construct 10 new food security warehouses in 2026 to enhance storage capacity, accelerate distribution, and strengthen national food resilience, Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo said on Friday.

Speaking at the inauguration and groundbreaking ceremony of 1,179 Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPGs) and 18 police food warehouses in West Jakarta, Listyo said the police currently operate 18 food warehouses across 12 regional police commands.

He noted that the additional facilities will be built across eight regional commands, increasing the total number of police-operated warehouses nationwide to 28. Each warehouse will have a storage capacity of 1,000 tons.

In addition, the police are constructing a large warehouse in the Greater Jakarta area with a capacity of 10,000 tons to further strengthen national food reserves and logistics readiness.

Listyo said the expanded network is expected to improve storage efficiency, speed up food distribution, stabilize supplies, and support sustainable regional economic growth.

“In the future, the police will build food security warehouses in all regional commands,” he said, outlining a broader nationwide logistics expansion plan, as quoted by Antara on Saturday, February 14, 2026.

The police have also prepared 30 auxiliary warehouses, including 25 police-owned facilities, three belonging to local governments, one owned by the General Elections Commission, and three community-loaned facilities, primarily in Papua, where state logistics infrastructure remains limited.

President Prabowo Subianto on Friday inaugurated the 1,179 SPPG units and 18 police food security warehouses at the Palmerah SPPG facility in West Jakarta.

The event was attended by Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan, Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Djamari Chaniago, and Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) head Taruna Ikrar.