North Aceh - North Jakarta Police Criminal Investigation Unit again secures two illegal loggers on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. They were caught carrying 73 logs of non-documented forest in Gampong Alue Bungkoh, District of Pirak Timu, Aceh Utara.
The perpetrator TMZ (42 years) and AH (33 years) are both residents from Langkahan Sub-district, North Aceh. They have now been secured to Mapolres Aceh Utara with one unit of BL 8701 F cold diesel truck used to transport the timber for further inspection.
The perpetrators may be charged under Article 83 Paragraph (1) Sub-Paragraph (a) and or Sub-Paragraph (b) of Law No.18 of 2013 on Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction. Said the North Aceh Police Chief AKBP Ian Rizkian Milyardin, SIK through Criminal Response Iptu Rezki Kholiddiansyah, in a press release to mediaaceh.co.
Iptu Rezki explained that as referred to in Article 83 paragraph (1) is a deliberate individual as described in letters (a) and (b) ie loading, dismantling, issuing, transporting, controlling and / or harvesting in forest areas without permission and transporting, possessing, or possessing wood forest products that are not accompanied by a certificate of validity of forest products.
In this case, the perpetrator can face a sentence of imprisonment of at least 1 year and maximum of 5 years and a fine of at least Rp 500 million and a maximum of Rp2.5 billion, "said Iptu Rezki.