3 Perpetrators Of Firearmed Wildlife Hunters In Balan Park Successfully Arrested

Barang bukti sebuah gegas dan burung bayurk diamankan petugas Taman Nasional Baluran Situbondo, Jawa Timur. Minggu (15/10/2023) (ANTARA)

Situbondo National Park Officer, East Java arrested three suspected perpetrators of hunting protected animals along with evidence of one firearm. Head of the Baluran National Park Situbondo Johan Setiawan said in addition to securing a caliber bullet firearm as well as evidence of the illegal hunting of one male deer in a dead condition and aAUrk (living condition). "They (perpetrators) numbered four people using white Lsx capsule deer cars police number N 19xx EY, but when faced by our officers, one person fled," Johan said when contacted in Situbondo, East Java, Sunday, October 15 evening. According to him, initially officers from the Balanan Resort Post Balanan National Park Balaran suspected that the car was staying at the house of one of the residents initials M while patrolling the area of Merak-Air Karang. The officers also continued to patrol the Sirondo area or block to Lempuyang to anticipate the hunt from 08:30 WIB to 15:30 WIB but did not find the perpetrators of the hunt. "Until 15:30 WIB, the officers also received the WA message that there were three people from Malang. Furthermore, at 17:45 WIB, officers carried out a ambush in the Karang Water Block," Johan said. He said, officers managed to block the car and it was found that one male deer (dead) and agiant bird (living) and including a caliber bullet fire gun.

After officers from the Balan National Park Office arrested the three perpetrators of hunting for protected animals, said Johan, immediately coordinated with the police and handed over the perpetrators of the hunt for further processing.