Foreigners From India Failed To Return Home Because They Were Arrested After Stealing Laptops At Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport

Police detained a foreign national from India KSA (44) at the Mako Polres I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (ANTARA).

DENPASAR - Police International Airport Area I Gusti Ngurah Rai has named a foreign citizen (WNA) India with the initials KSA (44) as a suspect in the crime of theft of laptops at the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport area store, Tuban, Badung, Bali. Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the International Airport Area I Gusti Ngurah Rai Iptu Rionson Ritonga in Denpasar, Sunday, said KSA was arrested for allegedly stealing a green tosca laptop at a PT Store at the International Departure Terminal of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport on Wednesday (28/6) at around 11.00. ) "Currently, we have detained the perpetrator, however, because we do not have a special female detention room, the KSA perpetrator was deposited in the Bali Police Detention Room," said Rionson quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, July 2. KSA was named a suspect and charged under Article 362 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) with a threat of five years in prison. According to Rionson, the loss suffered by the victim is estimated at Rp8,82.000.Rionson said that the arrest and detention of the Indian foreigner began with information about the loss of goods received by officers from a shop staff. A PT DI employee named Affry DR who was on guard at the Fashion Boutique area at around 11.30 WITA. At that time, the employee with the status of the witness checked goods at the booth. "At that time, this employee saw one of the items in the form of a laptop with the BOLLY brand green tosca was not in its place," said Rionsonson. After seeing the missing item, the employee together with the operator checked CCTV at the shop. From the CCTV footage, it was seen that a female passenger took the missing item without the knowledge of the shopkeeper. In CCTV footage, it was seen that the foreigner did not make payments at the cashier. After knowing this, the event was reported to the police officers to immediately search for foreigners with the corresponding characteristics in CCTV footage.

Furthermore, said Rionson, the Ngurah Rai Airport Police Satreskrim immediately followed up on the victim's report by conducting an investigation and searching for the whereabouts of the perpetrator at the International Departure Terminal at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport. After searching for two hours, the perpetrator was arrested while at Gate 2 of the International Departure Terminal I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport. The police immediately arrested the perpetrator along with the evidence.

"An explanation from the perpetrator, he took the item because he was interested in having it and at that time the officers on duty were not there," said Rionson. The perpetrator who was about to return to his country was not dispatched because he was involved in a criminal theft case. The police have named the KSA as a suspect after finding sufficient evidence.