Good News For Animal Lovers, Lampung Police Joint Team Prevents Smuggling Of Thousands Of Birds
JAKARTA - A joint team from the Lampung Regional Police thwarted an attempt to smuggle 3,726 birds on the Kilometer 39 Trans Sumatra Toll Road, South Lampung Regency.
The Head of Public Relations of the Lampung Police, Grand Commissioner Pol. Zahwani Pandra Arsyad, in his statement in Bandarlampung, Tuesday, explained that the arrest, in collaboration with the agency together with Flight Protecting Indonesia's Bird, occurred on the Trans Sumatra Toll Road Km 39 Sidomulyo, South Lampung. Of the 3,726 birds, 36 of them are protected species.
In addition, officers also secured a truck and driver with the initials BA (37) and driver's assistant BG (22), a resident of Central Lampung who brought thousands of birds to Banten.
The car was secured on the Km 39 Sidomulyo toll road, South Lampung.
"There was resistance from the truck driver who did not want to be stopped by the officers, and finally the officers managed to secure the truck, along with the driver and thousands of birds to be smuggled into Banten," he said as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, June 22.
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Pandra added that in this case, his party is still conducting an examination of the two people who brought the thousands of birds.
Currently, BA and BG are undergoing examination by investigators of Sub-Directorate IV of the Directorate of Special Crime of Lampung Police.
"We secured the form of a BE 8732 GP truck, the driver with the initials BA (37) and the assistant with the initials BG (22), both of whom are residents of Central Lampung," he said.
According to him, if later BA and BG are proven guilty and violate the law, they will be processed legally.
"Later, if it is proven to have violated Law Number 5 of 1990 concerning Conservation of Natural Resources and Ecosystems. Furthermore, Article 21 paragraph 1 in conjunction with paragraph 2 concerning the sale and purchase of protected animals. The threat is imprisonment for 5 years and a fine of Rp100 million," he also said.