Three Perpetrators Of Kayu Logging In Lampung Forest Park Arrested By Police

Illustration of the perpetrator of the crime (VOI)

The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimsus) of the Lampung Police arrested the illegal logging of sonokeling wood in the Wan Abdul Rachman Grand Forest Park area, Natar District, South Lampung Regency, by arresting three people suspected of being the perpetrators.

"We confiscated 32 sonokeling logs from the perpetrators suspected of being the result of illegal logging in the Wan Abdul Rachman Grand Forest, Pesawaran Regency, Lampung," said Head of Public Relations Sub-Division of the Lampung Police, AKBP Rahmad Hidayat, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, March 25.

He explained that the disclosure of the rare and protected type of wood logging began with public information to the Lampung Provincial Police and the local Police Ditreskrimsus Team regarding the transportation or shifting of sonokeling wood originating from the WAN Abdul Rachman Grand Forest Park area on March 20, 2023 at Batu Lapis and around the Kedondong Resort.

Furthermore, the joint team of the Ditreskrimsus Polda and Polhut Lampung Province found 32 piles of sonokeling balken which were piled up in the rubber gardens of residents and covered with rubber and brown tree branches, then reconnaissance was carried out to find out who would take and or load the pile of wood.

"As of 19.00 WIB, the police received information that the pile of wood in question was being transported using a white dump truck Nopol AB 8221 JC, then the joint team found a white car passing around the Pesawaran Regional Government complex road and then the team followed the movement of the truck in a relay to the location of the warehouse located on Jalan Dahlia Natar," he said.

After knowing the location of the warehouse, the joint team, which was led directly by the Head of Sub-Directorate IV of the Tipidter Ditreskrimsus of the Lampung Police, AKBP Yusriandi, checked the pile of wood at the location of the warehouse which was the location of the wooden shelter.

The results of the check showed that it was true that the wood was a sonokeling wood from the Great Forest Park area, Wan Abdul Rachman, then the joint team immediately secured a white dump truck with Nopol AB 8221 JC along with 32 sonokeling wood balkens and secured the suspects with the initials MRN (36), SYT (42), and WHY (41) for further investigation.

"From the suspects, the police confiscated a number of evidences of 32 pieces of sonokeling wood and a white dump truck with number AB 8221 JC," explained Rahmad.

As a result of the actions of the three perpetrators, they will be charged with criminal acts in the form of loading, dismantling, issuing, transporting, controlling, and/or having the results of logging in forest areas as referred to in Article 12 letter d in conjunction with 83 paragraph (1) letter a government regulation in lieu of Law No. 2 of 2022 concerning job creation.

And amendments to RI Law number 18 of 2013 concerning the prevention and eradication of forest destruction shall be punished with imprisonment for a minimum of one year and a maximum of five years as well as a fine of at least Rp. 500 million and a maximum of Rp. 2.5 billion.