Indonesian police announced successes in their battle to prevent the smuggling of protected species.

The Riau Police Special Criminal Investigation Directorate said they foiled attempts at illegal animal smuggling by two suspects, who they named just with the initials Y and IS.

Riau Police Chief Inspector General Agung Setya Imam Effendi spoke about the criminal networks behind wildlife smuggling, at a press event at the Kasang Kulim Zoo on Sunday (15 December).

With him were a number of animals rescued from smugglers bringing them into the country, including four African lions, one leopard, and three baskets containing 58 Indiana turtles.

The animals will be handed over to conservation agency BBKSDA Riau (Balai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam, or Center for Conservation of Natural Resources) who will look after the animmals at Kasang Kulim Zoo.

Three rescued orang utang, a species native to Indonesia, were also at the event.

The Riau Police Special Criminal Investigation Directorate failed to smuggle protected animals from abroad from two suspects with the initials Y and IS, Riau Police Chief Inspector General Agung Setya Imam Effendi in a press statement disclosing the international network of protected wildlife trade at the Kasang Kulim Zoo, Sunday (12/15/2019) protected animals in the form of Four African Lions, one Leopard and three baskets containing 58 Indiana Turtles will be smuggled to Indonesia with the aim of Lampung Province Indonesia Furthermore, the protected animals will be handed over to BBKSDA Riau for safekeeping in Kasang Kulim Zoo Riau's conservation center also succeeded in failing to smuggle the Three Orang Utans that will be traded