Deli Serdang Fisherman Selling 180 Belangkas Arrested By The North Sumatra Police

The Head of Sub-Division of Public Information at the North Sumatra Police, AKBP Herwansyah (third from right) holds evidence of a protected animal, Belangkas. (Photo: ANTARA/HO)

MEDAN - The Water and Air Police (Polairud) Team of the North Sumatra Police arrested a fisherman who traded in a protected species of horseshoe crab (belangkas) at Simpang III Location, Hamparan Perak District, Deli Serdang Regency.

The perpetrator with the initials IB (35) is a resident of Bagan Deli Village, Belawan District, Medan City, North Sumatra.

"Suspect IB was arrested by officers for bringing a protected species of hornbill without official documents from the government," said North Sumatra Police Sub-Division Head of Public Information AKBP Herwansyah at the North Sumatra Police's Polairud Headquarters, Monday, August 30.

Herwansyah said that IB was arrested by personnel from the Law Enforcement Sub Directorate of Polairud North Sumatra Police after receiving information from the public about someone bringing a protected species of hornbill from the Bagan destination to Simpang III Location, Hamparan Perak District, Deli Serdang Regency.

"Then the personnel carried out monitoring around Bagan Belawan and found an adult male using a wheelbarrow unit carrying 180 animals that were protected by the type of hornbill," he said.

The modus operandi of the suspect was to collect the ginger root and trap it using a net.

"Currently, suspect IB along with evidence of hundreds of horseshoe crabs has been brought to the Head of the Directorate of Polairud Polda North Sumatra to undergo further examination and is threatened with 5 years in prison," said Herwansyah.