Jakarta, Jan. 10 -- Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has seized 133.5 tons of onions suspected of being smuggled without proper documents from a warehouse in North Semarang, Central Java.

"The onions did not pay tax, they were smuggled in and pose risks to our ecosystem by potentially bringing in bacteria and diseases," Sulaiman said during an inspection visit in Semarang on Saturday.

He said the seized items consisted of 6,172 sacks of onions with a total weight of approximately 133.5 tons. In the agricultural context, Sulaiman stressed that the level of risk is not determined solely by quantity.

"It is not about the quantity. One ton is the same as a thousand tons if it carries disease. One kilogram is the same as a million k...