Suspicious Truck Boks at Dermaga 2 Bakauheni, Karantina Lampung Secure 111 Protected Birds

Illustration. A female ijo cock was released back into the wild by the Balikpapan Quarantine Center together with the East Kalimantan Region V BKSDA, in May 2021. (ANTARA)

Lampung - The Lampung Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine (Quarantine) saved and secured 111 protected birds without official documents from the black market.

"The case of the illegal trafficking of birds was revealed at the entrance to the Seaport Intradiction Pier 2 of the Bakauheni Port, when the Lampung Quarantine officers together with the Flight Protection Indonesia Birds team carried out routine surveillance of vehicles that would cross," said Head of Lampung Quarantine Donni Muksydayan, in Bandarlampung, Monday, quoted by Antara.

He said that during an inspection of a box truck unit that was about to enter the pier area, quarantine officers found dozens of suspicious baskets and cardboard boxes in the truck's bed.

After the demolition, he said, 35 baskets and 25 cardboard boxes containing various types of birds were found, with a total of 1,320 birds transported.

Donni said that from the results of the identification, as many as 111 birds were protected animals under the laws and regulations, namely small leaf cicadas 17, large leaf cicadas 18, blue wing leaf cicadas 39, Sumatra leaf cicadas 30, tangkar ongklet (cililin) 1, 2 swallowtail, and 4 king's tail.

Meanwhile, the other 1,209 are unprotected birds consisting of 21 different species.

"During the examination of the driver with the initials P, he was unable to show the quarantine requirements document and the permit document for the transportation of protected animals," he said.

According to the driver's confession, said Donni, on February 26, 2026 he was contacted by a colleague to load birds in Jambi as many as 23 baskets and in Lubuk Seberuk as many as 37 baskets. The birds are planned to be sent to Depok, Serang, and Magelang.

He emphasized that every shipment of animals between areas must be equipped with animal health certificates and quarantine documents.

For protected species, he said, it must be accompanied by a permit from the competent authority, as well as in accordance with Law Number 21 of 2019 concerning Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine, which states that any media carrying animals must undergo quarantine measures and be equipped with official documents.

In addition, the provisions on wildlife protection are regulated in Law Number 32 of 2024 concerning Amendments to Law Number 5 of 1990 concerning the Conservation of Living Natural Resources and their Ecosystems, which prohibits anyone from capturing, storing, possessing, maintaining, transporting, and trading protected animals without a permit.