10 roosters seized during cockfight

10 roosters seized during cockfight

BOGOR: Police revealed Wednesday that they had raided a cockfight here and seized 10 fighting cocks, but had failed to arrest any of the dozens of people who were watching the fight and gambling on the outcome.

"There were between 50 and 60 people watching the cockfight, while we only had six officers," said Ciomas subprecinct police chief Adjutant Comr. Lamzi.

The police conducted the raid on Sunday afternoon in Ciherang village, Darmaga district, near Bogor.

From the scene, police also confiscated cash worth Rp 300,000 (US$33) and a number of rooster cages.

Lamzi said that the roosters would be held by the police in the hope that the owners would come to retrieve them.

But thus far, none of the owners had turned up at the police station.

Lamzi did not say what would be done to the fighting cocks if they were not claimed by their owners.--JP