On Monday, September 27th 2021, SKW III Lampung Bakauheni Nature Conservation Agency and Lampung Regional Polices with an assist from FLIGHT Protecting Indonesiaโ€™s Birds successfully foiled a smuggling attempt of 4,527 wild birds.

The 4,527 birds included were 3,270 Bar-winged Prinia, 270 Tits, 260 Javan Myna, 60 Common Flameback, 240 Sunda White-eye, 350 Maroon-bellied Sunbirds, 5 Ashy Drongo, 57 Black-naped Oriole, 15 Blue Nuthatch. These birds were contained inside plastic and card boxes and brought using a Toyota Hiace Minibus with BE 7882 CD license plate number from Jambi on the way to Bandar Lampung. For now, the car and the driver were brought by the police to be investigated.