9 Months Free Of Trade Cancil On Social Media, 2 People In Tasikmalaya Arrested By Police

The police secured evidence of a small box in Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, Monday (27/5/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Polres Tasikmalaya)

TASIKMALAYA - The Tasikmalaya Resort Police arrested two cancil protected animal sellers in the Jatiwaras area, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java. Both use social media to'market' these protected animals. "We have secured two suspects in the case of trafficking in endangered animals," said Head of the Tasikmalaya Police Criminal Investigation Unit AKP Ridwan Budirta to reporters in Tasikmalaya, Antara, Monday, May 27. The disclosure of the case began with a public report. The police then conducted an investigation and raided the place where he kept the small box in Jatiwaras, Tasikmalaya, Sunday, May 26. The two perpetrators with the initials MI and Y have been detained, including confiscation of 22 small pieces of evidence. "In this disclosure, we managed to secure 22 installments that were to be traded, this cancil was stored in a plastic box," said Ridwan. The two suspects have traded cancil for nine months obtained from hunting, as well as buying from hunters, and even from livestock. "He buys installments from poachers, continues to hunt sometimes, and he is also a small livestock until there is a child," he said. All evidence of the animal was then handed over to the Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) for maintenance to stay alive. "This BKSDA knows the location and how to take care of the cancil," he said.

The suspect is currently being detained for further legal proceedings and charged with Article 40 Paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 21 Paragraph 2 of Law Number 5 of 1990 concerning Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and Their Ecosystems with a threat of five years in prison and a fine of Rp. 100 million.