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View all search resultsBatam Customs foils attempt to smuggle hornbill beaks, bear teeth
Batam Customs intercepted the delivery of 10 rangkong gading (helmeted hornbill) beaks and 43 sun bear teeth from Bandar Lampung to Tanjung Pinang through Batam.
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Batam Customs and Excise Office display 10 rangkong gading (helmeted hornbill) beaks and 43 sun bear teeth on Friday in Batam, Riau Islands. (Courtesy of Batam Customs and Excise Office/-)
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he Batam Customs and Excise Office foiled an attempt to smuggle body parts of protected and threatened wild animal and handed them over to the Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BBKSDA) on Friday.
Batam Customs intercepted the delivery of 10 rangkong gading (helmeted hornbill) beaks and 43 sun bear teeth on Sept. 9 at a temporary storage area of PT Global Logistik Bersama. Based on X-Ray scanning, customs officers found that the images did not match the shipment document declaring it as a shipment of motorcycle accessories.
Batam Customs chief Zaky Firmansyah said the package was sent using the J&T Express courier service from Bandar Lampung to Tanjung Pinang through Batam.
“The package was not accompanied by a licensing document or animal product sanitation certificate,” he said in a written statement on Friday.
“Both items are protected and threatened wild animals and are forbidden for international trade.”
Zaky said the handover of evidence to Regional Conservation Section II overseeing Riau Islands under the Riau BBKSDA was part of interagency synergy in law enforcement and biodiversity conservation in Indonesia.
He said the investigation revealed the animal part shipment violated Law No. 5/1990 on Natural Resources Conservation and Law No. 41/1999 on Forestry.
