Polairud Baharkam Secures 1,200 Kacer Birds

PEKANBARU - Ditpolair Korpolairud Baharkam Polri secured 1,200 kacer birds in the Lalang Sungai Apit Harbor area, Riau. This protected animal is planned to be brought by the perpetrators to Lampung.

"A perpetrator with the initials R was caught by the police and secured on Thursday (2/9) at 07.00 WIB, the person concerned was arrested while transferring the animal to a speedboat," said Hayabusa Ship Commander Ipda Febrian Widylestanto in Pekanbaru, quoted by Antara, Friday, September 3.

He said that the perpetrator R was arrested by the police after receiving information from the public. The police immediately followed up and the Ditpolair team of Korpolairud Baharkam Polri went straight to the location to conduct an ambush.

"We secured R when we transferred 1,200 kacer birds to the speedboat. The submission of evidence and suspects has been handed over to the Riau Police's Gakkum Polairud Sub-Directorate for processing and development," said Febrian.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Riau Police's Gakkum Polairud Sub-Directorate, AKBP Wawan, said that after being secured, his party immediately handed over the kacer bird to the Riau BBKSDA. The handover of thousands of kacer birds as a rescue measure. The perpetrators plan to bring the bird by land to Lampung Province.

The kacer bird brought by the perpetrator without a valid document from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Center in the form of a health certificate. Based on the perpetrator's information, he has carried out the activity of carrying the kacer bird six times.

The animal was transported from neighboring Malaysia by an anonymous speedboat.