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A suspect in the theft of a motorized vehicle is being taken by the Subah Sector Police, Batang Police, Saturday (25/3/2023) night. (ANTARA)

Batang Police, Central Java, revealed a motorcycle theft case while securing the suspect with the initials AI (34), a resident of Subuh District. The theft was carried out by the perpetrator who was a neighbor and stole when the motorbike was heated on the terrace of the house.

The head of the Batang Police, AKBP Saufi Salamun, said that the motorcycle theft case began when the victim was heating the vehicle engine at his house.

Seeing that the motorcycle was being abandoned by the owner so that the suspect who was still next door to the victim had the intention to steal it.

"Seeing the opportunity, the suspect then came to the victim's house and took a motorbike behind the victim's house," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, March 27.

He who was accompanied by the Head of the Subuh Police, AKP Sapto Winengku, said that his party arrested the perpetrator at the house concerned on Saturday, March 25 evening after the perpetrator had been on the run.

Currently, he continued, the suspect is undergoing intensive examination for further investigation.

The suspect will be subject to Article 363 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) with a maximum penalty of 7 years in prison.

"Currently, we are still developing the case whether there is involvement of other perpetrators or not," he said.