The Smuggling Of 3,320 Manyar Birds, Sparrow To Turtles Thwarted In Bakauheni, Lampung

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BANDARLAMPUNG - Bakauheni Port Area Police (KSKP) personnel in South Lampung thwarted the shipment of 3,320 birds from South Sumatra (Sumsel)

KSKP Bakauheni Police Chief, Commissioner Adjutant Ridho Rafika confirmed the arrest of bird smugglers. The details are 15 boxes of weaverbird type, 2 boxes of turtle type, 1 box of turtledove type, 3 boxes of sparrow type, and 9 boxes of trucuk type.

Commissioner Adjutant Ridho explained, in addition to securing the thousands of birds, KSKP Bakauheni also secured the driver who brought the vehicle containing the thousands of birds.

"Yes, that's right, we have secured thousands of birds on Tuesday morning at around 05.00 WIB, along with the driver carrying the thousands of birds," he said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, June 29.

The arrest occurred when KSKP officers were conducting routine checks at the entrance area of Bakauheni Port.

"From the routine inspection, we managed to secure 1 unit of silver Avanza car with Nopol BG 1840 KH which was driven by ZNL, because during the inspection it was found that it was transporting 33 boxes containing birds of various types, with a total of 3,320 birds," said Commissioner Adjutant Ridho.

Based on ZNL's information, said Commissioner Adjutant Ridho, thousands of wild animals in the form of birds were transported from Kayu Agung, South Sumatra, and will be taken to the Serang area, Banten.

"Furthermore, the carrier and the evidence in the form of wild bird species were brought to the Bakauheni KSKP Office for further investigation/investigation and it was alleged that Article 88 of RI Law No. 21 of 2019 concerning Fish, Animal and Plant Quarantine," said Commissioner Adjutant Ridho.

His party immediately coordinated with the Bakauheni Work Area Quarantine Center to hand over the thousands of birds.

"We immediately coordinated with the Bakauheni Quarantine Center to check the species of birds and handed over the thousands of birds, and this afternoon our members and officers from the Bakauheni Quarantine Center have released the wild animals," he said.