Police Arrest 3 Illegal Logging Perpetrators In Buleleng Bali

Release of illegal logging case in Buleleng Bali/Police DOK

BULELENG - The Buleleng Police Team, Bali, arrested three suspects of illegal logging or illegal logging in the state forest in the Pangkung Paruk Village area, Seririt District, Buleleng.

The three suspects are Ketut Darmawan (39) Made Santika (45) and Made Angga Partayasa (45).

"After an intensive inspection of the dozens of logs that were found to have no legal documents and came from state forests," said Seririt Police Chief Kompol Gede Juli, Friday, October 29.

The three suspects were arrested on Sunday, October 24 at noon at the Banjar of the Lebah Mantung Service, Pangkung Paruk Village, Seririt District, Buleleng Regency.

The disclosure of the perpetrator's action started from information from the public that there was rosewood type forest wood in the house of one of the suspects named Ketut Darmawan in Pangkung Paruk Village, Seririt District.

From there, the police together with several community members and the TNI checked the house containing the rosewood wood and found 9 logs of rosewood forest wood without any documents.

Release of illegal logging case in Buleleng Bali/Police DOK

Through these findings, officers conducted a sweep and inspection around Ketut Darmawan's house and in the garden behind the house again found piles of 35 rosewood logs.

Meanwhile, according to the suspect's statement, Ketut Darmawan, the owners of the wood are Made Santika and Made Angga Partayasa. From this discovery, the officers immediately brought the perpetrators and evidence to the suspect and the origin of the wood and it turned out to be from the state forest.

"Their status has been determined to be suspects, what is used as evidence in this case are 44 rosewood logs in the form of blocks, one red wooden cainsaw machine," said Kompol Juli.

The suspect is charged with Article 82 paragraph (1) letter c yo, Article 12 letter c and or Article 87 paragraph (1) letter c, Article 12 letter m, Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 18 of 2013 concerning the prevention and eradication of forest destruction.