Boyolali Police Arrest 7 Detainees Who Escaped From Cell

BOYOLALI - The Boyolali Police, Central Java arrested seven prisoners who escaped from the detention house cell (Rutan). The seven detainees were arrested at different locations.

The Boyolali Police Chief, AKBP Asep Mauludin, said that the last prisoner who had just been arrested, Suryo Darsono bin Setu, was involved in a theft case. The joint team managed to capture this prisoner, in the Blora area, Central Java, on Wednesday morning.

The detainee in the theft case was arrested by the police without a fight and was immediately taken to the Boyolali Police Station to be put back in a cell with six other detainees who had already been arrested by the officers.

According to the Police Chief, with the arrest of one prisoner in the theft case, now seven prisoners who escaped from the cell have been returned to the Boyolali Police Rutan cell.

"Because of the hard work of the joint Satreskrim and Satnarkoba teams of the Boyolali Police, all seven detainees who escaped from the cell have been arrested and have now been returned to the Polres Rutan cell for legal proceedings," said the Chief of Police as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, April 13.

The Boyolali Police previously worked together with the ranks of the Polres in Solo Raya to hunt down seven detainees who had escaped from the Boyolali Police detention cell, on Wednesday (6/4). The seven prisoners escaped from the cell by cutting the cell bars on the roof of the Polres Prison.

The Boyolali Police then increased the security of the Polres headquarters by adding iron bars, including adding personnel to guard the detention center. It will also install CCTV cameras in the detention center.

"We are increasing the number of personnel guarding prisoners and increasing the supervision and control of headquarters security by assigning two supervisory officers who are on duty 24 hours a day," said the Chief of Police.