A joint team from the Indonesian National Police's Marine and Air Police Corps Baharkam has thwarted an attempt to smuggle 50,000 illegal lobster seeds in Cianjur, West Java.
"A joint team from the Water Patrol Sub-Directorate and the Law Enforcement Sub-Directorate of the Water Police Directorate of the National Police's Water Police Corps (Korpolairud Baharkam) stopped a vehicle suspected of carrying BBL cargo on Tuesday (16/9)," said the Director of Water Police (Dirpolair) of the National Police's Water Police Corps (Korpolairud Baharkam) Brigadier General Idil Tabransyah in Jakarta on Wednesday.
When the car was inspected, Idil continued, officers found seven cardboard boxes containing around 50,000 BBL.
"For the purposes of further investigation, the origin of the cargo and other details related to the shipment cannot be made public at this time. Details will be released later," he said.
