Two schooners captured for illegally hauling lumber<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The City Police Coast Guard (Satpol Air) has
\ncaptured two schooners, one illegally loaded with over 400 cubic
\nmeters of lumber from Sumatra and another small boat packed with
\nceramic vases smuggled from Singapore.<\/p>\n
The total price of the sawn timber is estimated at over Rp 50
\nmillion (US$22,880) and the ceramics around Rp 2 million, based
\non local market values.<\/p>\n
The head of the Coast Guard, Lt. Col. Elizar Harris Allagan,
\ntold reporters at the Satpol Air Headquarters in the Tanjung
\nPriok port, North Jakarta, yesterday that the two schooners were
\narrested separately around 10 p.m. on Thursday near Damar Island,
\nlocated 10 miles north of the headquarters.<\/p>\n
\"The captain of one of the sailboats failed to produce legal
\npermit for carrying the 250 cubic meters of sawn timber, while
\nthe load on the other ship exceeded its 100-cubic meter legal
\ncapacity,\" said Allagan.<\/p>\n
The two schooners, the Hotel Sinjai II and Rian Fitrana, their
\n15 crew members and material evidence are currently being held at
\nthe Satpol Air headquarters.<\/p>\n
Captains of both boats are now in police custody for
\nquestioning.<\/p>\n
\"We're still investigating the case and looking for the owner
\nof the boats,\" Allagan said.<\/p>\n
The sawn timber, locally known as Tarentang wood, is used
\nprimarily in the beginning phases of building construction, and
\nis usually sold at Rp 200,000 per meter cubic at Kalibaru in
\nCilincing, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
A crew member of the Hotel Sinjai II admitted that they
\nbrought the lumber from Sungai Lumpur district in Palembang,
\nSouth Sumatra.<\/p>\n
\"I've been sailing with such commodities for the last 10 years
\nand have been found out by the police only this time,\" said crew
\nHasan Basri.<\/p>\n
\"Each of us here was paid Rp 100,000 per month by the owner of
\nthe boat who lives in Bone, South Sulawesi,\" Hasan said.<\/p>\n
Ceramics<\/p>\n
On Monday, members of the Coast Guard arrested the crew of an
\nIndonesian cargo ship and a businessman caught smuggling goods
\nduring a routine night patrol in Tanjung Priok.<\/p>\n
Bayu, an engineer for Takari II, owned by PT Angkutan Tambang,
\nis believed to have smuggled and sold 60 boxes of ceramics to
\nlocal businessman Rudy Rismanto.<\/p>\n
During police questioning, Bayu confessed that he bought the
\nceramics during a brief transit in Singapore.<\/p>\n
As one of the main national gateways, Tanjung Priok waters are
\na promising place for smugglers of various goods and merchandise,
\nincluding electronics, garlic and alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n
\"Although we only have a small number of old speedboats, we're
\nsometimes supported by local people who lend their faster speed
\nboats to our operation,\" Allagan said.<\/p>\n
In order to meet the needs of the Coast Guard, City Police
\nChief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto has planned to provide more
\nmodern and faster boats in the near future, he said.<\/p>\n
\"If not, we'll be the ones chased by the smugglers,\" Allagan
\nsaid. (bsr)<\/p>",
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