JAKARTA: Tanjung Priok Port Police secure hundreds of protected reptiles from KM Dobonsolo motorship at the passenger terminal of Tanjung Priok Port on Friday (06/16/2017).
IR (27) from Ujung Pandang, South Sulawesi carried goods containing 279 kinds of reptiles from Papua including 20 snakes of Condro Python and nine Panama lizards of Sulawesi.
The reptiles according to plan are going to be sold illegally without a marketing authorization to be collected by a community of reptile lovers in the city of Jakarta and its surroundings. IR was arrested along with luggage.
Tanjung Priok Port Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Police Roberthus De Deo, said on Tuesday (6/20), the arrest of IR and the safeguarding of protected reptile animals was due to information from the public about the smuggling of reptile animals on passenger ship from Eastern region of Indonesia.
“After passing through the X-ray inspection door, there are a number of items detected in the baggage of the passenger ship,” said De Deo.
A similar event also occurred in KM Ciremai motorship from Manokwari, West Papua, Sunday (6/18). JS (30) was caught carrying various types of snakes including monopohon, patola, mono ground, gold and black albertisi, Tripython green, Olive Python and Bronthi snakes.
“Estimated value of reptiles being secured is still calculated, regarding amount of the state losses. We work together with the quarantine agency and BKSDA,” said De Deo.
