KALIPURO – Ratusan ekor burung pleci diamankan petugas Polsek Kawasan Pelabuhan Tanjung Wangi (KPT) o'clock 06.30 Tuesday (20/10) yesterday. The security was carried out because the hundreds of birds did not have complete shipping documents from the Quarantine Center.
Hundreds of birds originating from Lombok are planned to be sent to Malang via the Ketapang ASDP Port, Kalipuro. The number of birds going to Malang is approx 435 pleci-type tail. Hundreds of birds are placed in a basket that is put in a sack.
Besides hundreds of birds, the police also secured the green frog meat by weight 70 Kg packed in 7 styrofoam. The owner of the undocumented animal is known as Idham, 40, citizens of Bertais Village, Sandubaya district, Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).
The owner admitted that he brought the bird from Lombok Island to Malang by bus. The arrest of the undocumented bird began when officers carried out routine patrols at the exit of PT. Indonesia Ferry (Persero) ASDP Ketapang yesterday morning.
Smells suspicious, the officer stopped the Titian Mas bus with the EA license plate number 7777 BF majoring in Lombok-Malang. Right, at the time of the search, officers found evidence of hundreds of undocumented birds and tens of kilograms of frog meat.
After being secured and taken to the KPT Police for examination, it turned out that the bird shipment was not accompanied by a letter from the Quarantine Agency. Head of Police KPT, AKP Hadi Siswoyo, through Kanitreskrim Iptu Suryono Bhakti said, after carrying out an inspection and it was found that the shipment of hundreds of birds was undocumented, the KPT Police directly coordinated with the Ketapang Port Animal Quarantine Center to make an official report on the refusal to send the undocumented bird.
‘Ratusan burung dan daging katak tidak berdokumen tersebut kami serahkan kembali kepada pemilik untuk dikembalikan ke tempat asal di Lombok.” kata Suryono. The importance of the document letter from the Ketapang Port Animal Quarantine Center to the animal senders to know that the animals sent outside the island are indeed healthy animals.
The protection of undocumented animals is to anticipate viruses that are usually carried by poultry animals. ‘ Kalau tidak ada dokumen kami takut hewan-hewan yang itu membawa virus," he concluded. (radar)
