This Fellow Man From Aceh Caught Selling A Pair Of Jumbo Elephant Ivorys Managed To Throw Himself Into The River

The personnel of the Gayo Lues Police Satreskrim, Aceh Province, showed a suspect selling a pair of Sumatran elephant ivory while being secured at the local Police Headquarters in Blangkejeren, Gayo Lues, Wednesday (26/6/2024). ANTARA/HO-Doc. Gayo Lues Aceh Police.

ACEH - Personnel from the Gayo Lues Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Aceh Province, together with officers from the Gunung Lauser National Park (TNGL) for the Blangkejeren Region uncovered a case of alleged trade in a pair of Sumatran elephant tusk. Police arrested a man with the initials AF (39), a resident of Ekan, Pining District, local district. Unfortunately, AF's colleague with the initials MA fled by throwing himself into the river. Officers are pursuing the perpetrators of the Supreme Court but have not succeeded. The arrest of the suspect was carried out by the police at the Pining Village bridge area, Pining District, Gayo Lues Regency, Aceh Province last Saturday. "We arrested the suspect when he was about to sell elephant ivory," said Gayo Lues Police Chief, Aceh, AKBP Setiyawan Eko Prasetya in a written statement received by ANTARA in Meulaboh, Wednesday, June 26. In this case, the police also secured a pair of elephant tusk that the suspect AF had not yet managed to sell. Eko said that before arresting one of the perpetrators, the police had previously disguised themselves to get information regarding the elephant tusk that was in the hands of the perpetrator.

The Satreskrim Resmob Team and the Gayo Lues Police Tipidter Unit then moved quickly to the Pining Village bridge, Pining District, Gayo Lues Regency, Aceh because the place was suspected to be the location for the elephant ivory trade transaction. For his actions, the police charged the suspect AF with Article 40 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 21 of Law Number 05 of 1990, concerning the conservation of Biological Natural Resources and Ecosystems with the threat of imprisonment for a maximum of five years.