Riau Islands Police Fails To Smuggle 1,500 Seed Seed Seed Seed Seed Seed Seed Seeds

Dirreskrimsus Polda Kepri, Kombes Putu Yudha Prawira (center) when giving a statement on the BBL smuggling case. (ANTARA/Jessica)

The Riau Islands Regional Police thwarted the smuggling of 1,500 sand-type lobster clear seeds (BBL) from the Queen Port, West Java, to be sent abroad.

Dirreskrimsus Polda Kepri Kombes Putu Yudha Prawira said according to the perpetrator's statement, the lobster seeds were smuggled through the Pelabuhan Ratu, Lampung, Palembang, Tembilahan, and riding a speed boat to Batam Sekupang.

"The wages received by the perpetrators were Rp. 3 million, with Rp. 2 million already received and another Rp. 1 million will be received after the delivery is complete. The HK perpetrator was ordered by someone with the initials U who has now been designated as the People's Wanted List (DPO)," Putu said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 30.

He conveyed the arrest for the attempt to smuggle BBL, the police started by conducting an investigation into the field, thanks to information obtained from the public.

"Then after the team conducted an investigation, the team found a suspicious person carrying a red suitcase," he said.

Putu said that with an effort to make arrests and searches, it was found that the suitcase contained BBL.

He conveyed that the 1,500 BBLs of evidence that had been successfully secured had been deposited at the Fisheries Quarantine Center, which would later be released into the wild.

"So we are still developing the smuggling of BBL, we are still looking for who other people are doing the same as smuggling BBL, because this is one of the protected animals," said Putu.

As a result of this action, the state suffered a loss of Rp150 million. HK perpetrators are subject to Article 92 of the Republic of Indonesia Law No. 31 of 2004 concerning Fisheries with a threat of 8 years in prison and a maximum fine of Rp. 1.5 billion.