Paid Rp150 Thousand To Transport Tons Of Illegal Logs, These 4 People Were Arrested By The Dumai Riau Police

Dumai Police apprehend four perpetrators of illegal logging. (Photo: Antara/HO-Polres Dumai).

RIAU - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the Dumai Police, Riau arrested four illegal logging perpetrators on the Dumai-Rohil Cross Road or at the PU Kanal RT004 intersection, Sungai Geniot Village. Four perpetrators were arrested, namely SO (32), SS (38) and MT (22) and MR (19).

Dumai Police Chief AKBP Andri Ananta Yudhistira said MT, SO and SS acted as drivers who transported illegal logging products. Meanwhile, MR as the kernet who transports as well as controls or owns the wood of forest products.

"This is without a legal certificate of forest products," explained Police Chief Andri to the media crew in Pekanbaru, Antara, Friday, July 23.

The disclosure of this alleged illegal logging case began when the Dumai Police Sat Reskrim Opsnal Team and the Sungai Sembilan Police Opsnal Team received information from the public.

The information revolves around activities in RT004 Sungai Geniot Village, Sungai Sembilan District. There are a number of cars transporting forest products without official documents.

Following up on the information, the joint team immediately went to the location and found a black Daihatsu Rocky BK 768 TG car pulling a cart loaded with approximately two tons of wood driven by SS (38).

"Not far from there, a Daihatsu Rocky car without a black license plate was also found, pulling a cart loaded with approximately 2 tons of wood driven by SO (32), he said.

Next, a black Daihatsu Rocky BM 9748 RF car took a cart loaded with more than 1.5 tons of wood which was carried by the perpetrators but could not show the legal documents for forest products.

"The perpetrators admitted that they were ordered by a man with the initials P (DPO) to take and transport the wood from the canal to P (DPO's) wood warehouse on Jalan Kaplingan RT 08 Basilam Baru Village, Sungai Sembilan District," said the Police Chief.

Another confession, the perpetrators also claimed to receive a wage of Rp. 150,000 per person. Regarding their involvement, the four perpetrators were charged with Article 83 paragraph (1) Letter (B) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation for Amendments to Law No. 18 of 2013 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction.

"They are threatened with Article 83 paragraph (1) letter (B), individuals who intentionally transport, control or own forest products that are not accompanied by a legal certificate of forest products," explained Andri.