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Truck driver arrested in Jembrana for transporting illegally logged wood from the West Bali National Park to deliver in Banyuwangi , Java

Truck driver arrested in Jembrana for transporting illegally logged wood from the West Bali National Park  to deliver in Banyuwangi  , Java

Jembrana Police stoppe truck driver transporting illigal wood on 10/10/2018 in the Sumbersari area 

Tthe police also managed to secure 92 sonokeling logs of various sizes in the limited production forest area of ​​the Sumbersari, Melaya block.

Jembrana Police Criminal Investigation Unit AKP Yusak A Sooai with permission from the Jembrana Police Chief.

reeived information from the public if there was a truck in an empty state entering the limited production forest area of ​​the Sumbersari block, Melaya District, Jembrana.

Then Jembrana Police buser members monitored the truck and on Wednesday morning (10/10/2018 ) the police found a DK 9327 PH truck in full charge out of the forest so that interception and inspection were immediately carried out. Where the truck was driven by suspect I Putu Pujiawan who claimed to have carried out the transport of Sumbersari forest timber with the aim of Banyuwangi without being equipped with a certificate of validity of forest products.

Then the suspect was taken to the Jembrana Police Station. After physical checking of wood transported by Putu Pujiawan, the type of sonokeling amounted to 77 stems. The suspect did so because initially when he passed in the area Sumbersari on a trip to find cargo in Surabaya was stopped by a man who was not known to drive a black Honda motorcycle with a nopol unknown. He was asked to transport the wood to Ketapang-Banyuwangi with a promise to pay Rp. 1,500,000.

Because the truck being driven is empty so Putu Pujiawan is willing. In addition to the cost of the trip, he followed the person to direct the truck which was taken into the rocky road about 200 meters from the main road / public road.

After being declared until Putu Pujiawan immediately opened the back of the truck, he did not see anything because the surroundings were very dark and only saw four men including the man who stopped him.

Feeling tired and sleepy, Putu Pujiawan returned to the truck and slept. Not long after he was awakened by the man and told to run a truck because he had finished raising the wood on the truck. Without thinking Putu Pujiawan immediately ran the truck to go to Banyuwangi. Whereas the person also walked on a motorcycle in front of the truck. However, just about to cross the main road, Putu Pujiawan was stopped by the officers and found 77 sonokeling logs.

 

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Now the suspect is detained at Jembrana Regional Police and charged under Article 12 letter e (individual who intentionally transports, controls or owns timber forest products that are not equipped together with a certificate of legal validity of forest products) Law 18 of 2013 concerning the prevention and eradication of forest destruction by imprisonment a minimum of one year and a maximum of five years and a fine of at least Rp. 500 million and a maximum of Rp. 2.5 billion.The results of development in the Sumbersari forest area also found 92 various sizes of sonokeling logs. Jembrana police station is also still developing dozens of these woods.

Source : http://www.balipost.com 

 

 

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