"the Maluku Natural Conservation Agency (BKSDA)... foiled an attempt to smuggle orchid plants out of the country.
The 432-kg orchid plants were intended to be smuggled from the Pattimura Ambon International Airport to Japan via Jakarta... The smuggling attempt was found out... at the Pattimura Airport... a resident from Liang village, Salahutu Sub District, Central Maluku, was carrying orchid plants... Feb. 10... without... legal documents... the person escaped from the airport... ... would have lost hundreds of million rupiahs if the orchids had been smuggled... a smuggler of rare plants is liable to a maximum prison sentence of 2.5 years... the orchid plants are... of... genera... protected in Maluku... Phak[la]enopsis... and Dendrobium" article URL : http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=27520 ********** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
