Authorities foil effort to smuggle hundreds of birds out of Bali - Archipelago - The Jakarta Post

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The birds were found in the luggage compartment of a bus at Gilimanuk Ferry Port in Jembrana regency, in the western part of the island. The birds were allegedly intended to be transported to Central Java.

Officers from the Bali Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine Agency (BBKHIT) display 284 birds on Aug. 3 after thwarting a smuggling effort at Gilimanuk Port in Jembrana regency, Bali. The smuggling interception operation involved officers from the Bali BBKHIT, the Bali Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and the Gilimanuk Port Police. (Antara/Bali BBKHIT)

Quarantine officers in Bali have thwarted an attempt to transport 284 birds, packed inside three cardboard boxes and four fruit baskets, outside of the tourism island without proper quarantine documents on Aug. 1.The birds were found in the luggage compartment of a bus at Gilimanuk Ferry Port in Jembrana regency, in the western part of the island. The birds were allegedly headed to Central Java.