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Ditpolairud Polda, East Java, thwarted the shipment of protected animals. The illegal animal shipment was carried out from Balikpapan using a ferry to Surabaya.

To trick the officers, to trick the officers, the perpetrators put birds into the truck along with scrap metal.

“There is one perpetrator who has been arrested. The perpetrator is named Muchammad Kurniawan (23), a resident of Ganting, Gedangan, Sidoarjo.” The arrest was made this morning at around 01.00 WIB by the Intelligence Team of the Gakkum Subdit Ditpolairud East Java Police, “he said, Thursday (26/8)./21).

This incident began when Ditpolairud received information from the public that among the cargo of KM Dharma Ferry VII were two trucks with police numbers S 9344 UT and L 8266 UB. The two trucks were carrying scrap metal and carrying protected birds. When the ship docked at Jamrud Pier, Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya, Intelair members saw the two trucks get off the ship and they were followed.

Then the two trucks stopped in front of the bank office in the port area of Jalan Perak Timur Surabaya. Followed by a gray car, “he appealed.

Ditpolairud Polda East Java said, his party encountered the activity of transferring the cargo of rare birds to the car. “It was observed by members that there was an activity of transferring cargo from several boxes suspected of containing birds from a truck to a Toyota Calya car. After that, they were arrested and taken to the Ditpolairud office of the East Java Regional Police for further investigation, “he added.

The perpetrator violated the criminal act of transporting protected animals, as regulated in Law No. 5 of 1990 concerning the Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and Their Ecosystems.