The Meranti Islands Resort Police, Riau, thwarted the smuggling of 1,680 Kacer type kicau birds from neighboring Malaysia which entered through the waters of Tanjung Kulim, Merbau District.
Meranti Islands Police Chief AKBP Aldi Alfa Faroqi said there were two suspects in this case. Both were caught carrying the bird and secured on Wednesday morning.
"This disclosure originated from information from the public. Where there will be an action of smuggling Kacer birds from Malaysia to Buton, Siak Regency," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 8.
Based on this information, the Meranti Water and Air Police Unit conducted patrols at the crossing at around 00.30 WIB.
When the patrol was carried out in the waters of Tanjung Kulim, which became a crossing route, at around 01.18 WIB, a 65 PK speed unit was found to be speeding up.
Not long after, the Pol Airud patrol boat immediately stopped the speed of the pick-up speed. After inspection, it was found that hundreds of baskets containing Kacer birds were carried by people in the speed.
"In one basket box there are 10-20 Kacer birds. We have secured a total of 1680 birds. Some of the birds have died and are weak," said AKBP Aldi.
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After an interrogation of the two people who were on the ship, it was discovered that R acted as a tekong and S as crew members. They are both residents of Meranti Islands Regency.
From their second statement, they admitted to taking the thousands of birds from unknown people in Muntai waters, Bengkalis by "overskip" or transferring goods from the ship to the ship. Then plan to take them to Tanjung Buton, Siak.
"Untuk pengembangan kasus ini, kita sudah menetapkan Rn dan Rz yang bertindak sebagai pemberintah kepada dua tersangka sebagai Daftar Pencarian Orang. Termasuk juga An yang bertindak sebagai penerima burung di Tanjung Buton, Siak," ujarnya.
The two suspects were charged with Law Number 21 of 2019 concerning Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine, with a maximum imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum fine of IDR 10 billion.
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