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Airport police foil attempt to smuggle 990 lobsters seeds
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Lobster seeds (Courtesy of the West Nusa Tenggara Police/File)
Soekarno Hatta Airport Police have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 990 lobsters seeds.
Soekarno Hatta Police chief Sr. Adj. Comr. Victor Togi Tambunan said the suspect, identified only as R, had tried to smuggle the lobster seeds, which R kept inside a suitcase, from Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, to Singapore.
“The plot was uncovered on May 2, while R was waiting for a connecting flight to Singapore,” said Victor on Friday as quoted by kompas.com.
At the time, R’s flight had been delayed. However, when the airport personnel tried to return the suitcase to R, R reportedly denied ownership of it and fled the scene.
When the airport personnel scanned the suitcase they found hundreds of lobster seeds inside.
The police arrested R on May 19 in Riau Islands.
R admitted receiving help from two other people.
“We are still searching for the two people. They have been included on the wanted list,” Victor said.(iwa)
