Batam Customs and Excise thwarted the shipment of thousands of sticks of wood using the Sanjaya Motor Ship (KM) from Batam to Singapore without customs documents in Batam waters.
"The Customs and Excise officer succeeded in thwarting the smuggling of thousands of sticks of wood that would be brought to Singapore from Batam on Friday morning," said Batam Customs Compliance and Information Service Head M. Rizki Baidillah in Batam, Antara, Friday, November 11.
The arrest began with information received by Customs that there would be smuggling of wood into Singapore.
After processing information and formulating strategies, said Rizki, the patrol team carried out patrols in the waters of Labon Island. At around 05.40 WIB there was a ship moving to Singapore, then his party immediately checked.
After examining the ship and documents, he continued, the ship was named KM Sanjaya Putra, which was headed by HS. The ship had a cargo of wood that was carried from Batam to Singapore without any customs documents.
It was also said that KM Sanjaya Putra was immediately sealed and secured at the Batam Customs Arrest Pier in Tanjung Uncang.
"According to the captain's confession, the goods on the ship were in the form of 10,000 sticks of wood. However, Batam Customs will carry out a demolition to find out the exact number," said Rizki.
Rizki said the suspect violated Law Number 17 of 2006 concerning Amendments to Law Number 10 of 1995 concerning Customs Article 102A.
Not only that, he said, wood is a prohibition and restriction item so that the suspect is also indicated to have violated Law Number 18 of 2013 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction Article 12 letter (d) in conjunction with Article 83 letter (a).
Based on Law no. 18/2013, wood is a protected plant. This is because illegal logging can damage the surrounding ecosystem so that this case is categorized as an attempt to smuggle.
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