JAKARTA, Feb 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s East Java provincial police and the local natural resources conservation centre, thwarted the sale of 24 protected animals, a police officer, said.
The police seized 15 Moluccan cockatoos, one crested hawk-eagle, and eight East Javan langurs, the East Java provincial police’s spokesman, Senior Commissioner, Gatot Repli Handoko, said in a press statement, in the province’s capital of Surabaya yesterday.
Handoko said in the case, the police also arrested three persons in different places, namely NR in Sidoarjo district, as well as, VPE and NK both in Kediri city.
He said, the plot to sell the animals was revealed, following information from a person, who said, there was an online sale of the rare species.
According to the person, the animals have been sent to East Java’s Centre for Natural Resources Conservation, for further legal process.
In the case, the three suspects shall face the law on conservation of natural resources and the ecosystems, and a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to 100 million rupiahs (7,123.41 U.S. dollars).– NNN-ANTARA
