Woman Collecting Illegal Lobster Seeds In Jember Arrested

Jember Police Head, AKBP Hery Purnomo, while holding a press conference regarding the illegal sale of lobster seeds at the Jember Police Headquarters, Thursday (19/5/2022) afternoon. ANTARA/HO-Polres Jember

JEMBER - The Jember Police Criminal Investigation Unit arrested a woman with the initials W, a resident of Puger Kulon Village, Jember Regency, East Java, who is a collector of illegal lobster seeds.

"Suspect W admits that the illegal sale of lobster seeds has been going on for almost a year," said Jember Police Chief, AKBP Hery Purnomo, as quoted by Antara, Thursday, May 19.

He said collectors buy lobster seeds from fishermen at a price of Rp. 9,000 for pearl lobster seeds and Rp. 5,000 for sand lobster seeds per head, then sell them to buyers for Rp. 12,000 per head for pearl lobster seeds and Rp. 6,250 per head for seeds. sand lobster.

"The person concerned does not have a permit to trade lobster seeds obtained from fishermen in the Puger District area, so this violates the law," he said.

The suspect was charged with Article 26 paragraph 1 of Law Number 45/2009 concerning Fisheries in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code and Article 92 in conjunction with Article 26 of Law Number 11/2020 concerning Job Creation with a maximum threat of 8 years in prison and a maximum fine of Rp. 5 billion.

"We have also applied Article 88 of Law Number 45/2009 concerning amendments to Law Number 31/2004 concerning Fisheries, which carries a 6-year prison sentence and a fine of Rp. 1.5 billion," he said.

The Jember Police, he continued, continued to develop the case to find agents or buyers at the top level because the Puger District area is very vulnerable to illegal sale of lobster seeds.

"The evidence that was secured was 3,000 lobster seeds and we will continue to develop the investigation because in the last month there have been three cases of illegally selling lobster seeds in Jember," he said.