Polisi kehutanan dari otoritas satwa liar (BBKSDA SU-SKW V) berhasil menangkap 5 orang tersangka yang telah melakukan aktivitas penebangan liar di Desa Sugi, Kecamatan Marancar, Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan (30/06). Pelaku (AA, JN, HH, MS, DY) dan barang bukti berhasil diamankan petugas. Menurut keterangan para tersangka, kayu-kayu ilegal tersebut dicurinya dari Cagar Alam Lubuk Raya.
Kejadian tersebut didapati saat tim patroli gabungan antara BBKSDA dan SCORPION sedang melakukan pemantauan di sekitar area Cagar Alam Lubuk Raya dan Sibualbuali, yang mana area tersebut merupakan salah satu bagian potensial untuk koridor satwa di Ekosistem Batangtoru, rumah bagi Orangutan Tapanuli dan spesies penting lainnya.
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Forestry police from the wildlife authority (BBKSDA SU-SKW V) managed to arrest 5 suspects who had carried out illegal logging activities in Sugi Village, Marancar District, South Tapanuli Regency (30/06). The perpetrators (AA, JN, HH, MS, DY) and the evidence were successfully secured by the officers. According to the statements of the suspects, the illegal timber was stolen from the Lubuk Raya Nature Reserve.
The incident was discovered when a joint patrol team between BBKSDA and SCORPION was conducting monitoring around the Lubuk Raya and Sibualbuali Nature Reserve areas, which are potential areas for wildlife corridors in the Batangtoru Ecosystem, home to the Tapanuli Orangutan and other important species.
