Former Kandangan Village Head Trips Over Wooden Case
PESANGGARAN – Former Village Head (village head) Cage, Kecamatan Pesanggaran, Mubarak, encountered a case of illegal logging. Last week (12/5) His house was raided by joint officers from Perhutani and Pesanggaran Police. Which is surprising, after his house was ransacked, Hundreds of piles of teak wood were found which were allegedly not accompanied by legal documents. The wood is immediately secured in the wood storage area (TPK) Gaul, Purwoharjo District.
Information obtained, hit raid 07.00 it involves 25 petugas Perhutani Banyuwangi Se latan dan tujuh personel Polsek Pesanggaran. Begitu tiba, petugas memang mengetahui bahwa di rumah tersebut ada tumpukan kayu jati yang diduga diambil dari Petak 70 BKPH Sukamade, Perhutani Banyuwangi Selatan, masuk Desa Kandangan, Kecamatan Pesanggaran. At that moment, petugas minta Mu barok menunjukkan bukti surat kepemilikan tumpukan kayu ja ti tersebut.
“Setelah ditunjukkan, ternyata jenis kayu yang tertera dalam surat tersebut tak sesuai kenyataan,” kata Wakil Administrator Perhutani Banyuwangi Selatan, Ketut Sukantawiyasa, saat dikonfirmasi Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi kemarin. Karena isi surat tak sesuai yang dikeluarkan Pemerintah Desa Kandangan, petugas Perhutani Banyuwangi Selatan langsung mengangkut kayu-kayu tersebut. Ratusan batang kayu tersebut dibawa ke TPK Gaul, Grajagan village, Purwoharjo District.
“Ada sekitar empat ratusan kayu dalam berbagai ukuran. Now we have secured it at TPK Gaul," explained Ketut. Ketut said, The disclosure of this case began with the discovery of the South Banyuwangi Forestry Assistant, BKPH Sukamade, who saw that a lot of teak had been cut down and disappeared in the previous few days.. Knowing that, Perhutani officers immediately carried out an investigation.
Result, It is strongly suspected that the missing wood was in Mubarok's house. "Finally we came there and it turned out that there really was a pile of teak wood in Mubarok's house,"he said. How did Mubarok acknowledge the discovery of the wood?? According to Ketut, concerned buy from residents. "It's just a citizen that we don't know much about.
Let the police follow up on the legal process, because we have reported it to the police,said Ketut. Meanwhile, Mubarok had not been confirmed until yesterday evening. His cell phone was contacted several times, always inactive. This newspaper reporter tried to confirm via SMS (short message) was not answered until this news was written. (radar)
