Police Thwart Smuggling Of 7 Cenderawasih Birds At Jayapura Port

Five of the seven live Cenderawasih birds that failed to be smuggled from Jayapura Port using KM Sinabung/DOK ANTARA

PAPUA - Police officers from the Jayapura Marine Port Area (KPL), Papua, thwarted the smuggling of seven Cenderawasih birds to be sent outside Papua using the Sinabung Motorboat. The seven living Cenderawasih birds were found in a suitcase stored in the Dek 3 bathroom in the middle of KM Sinabung which docked at Jayapura Harbor, last Thursday night. Kapolsek KPL Jayapura AKP Rischard L. Rumboy mengatakan, tujuh burung Cenderawasih hidup itu ditemukan setelah membernya tersangka dengan keberadaan korupsi di dalam kamar kemar manatan Dek 3 bagian tengah kapal. The police then together with officers from the Jayapura Animal and Plant Quarantine Center checked by opening the suitcase and it turned out that it contained seven Cenderawasih birds. "The birds of Cenderawasih are wrapped in separate cartons," said Rischard in Jayapura, quoted from Antara, Friday, October 13. After coordination, the seven Cenderawasih birds consisting of three males and four females were secured at the Office of the Animal Quarantine and Jayapura Plants Center. "It is true that the seven Cenderawasih birds have now been secured at the Jayapura Animal and Plant Quarantine Center Office and members have also failed to find the owner of the suitcase," explained Rischard. The police chief added that from the same ship, his members also thwarted the smuggling of marijuana-type narcotics carried by a man with the initials AT (18) while boarding KM Sinabung via the land ladder of Dek 4. Initially, the police were suspicious of the perpetrator's movements and searched the bag he was carrying. The police found a pack of babypers which turned out to contain 16 packages of marijuana of various sizes. The marijuana is thought to be brought to Serui.

"The suspect AT and evidence have been handed over to the Jayapura City Police Narcotics Investigation Unit for further processing," said Riskard.