Jakarta, July 16 -- Forestry Ministry ( Kemenhut ) officials seized hundreds of wild reptiles and birds from a truck that was falsely declared to be carrying cell phone accessories at Tanjung Perak Port in Surabaya, East Java, earlier this month.

In a statement received in Jakarta on Wednesday, Head of the East Java Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BBKSDA) Nur Patria Kurniawan said that the truck was caught at Jamrud Utara Port in Tanjung Perak during a documentation check.

The check was conducted by the intelligence team of the Law Enforcement Sub-Directorate of the Water and Air Police Directorate ( Ditpolairud ) of the East Java Regional Police.

While the truck was declared to be carrying cell phone accessories, officials foun...