Do Not Be Afraid! Police Ask People Who Face Debt Collectors To Record Motorcycle Withdrawals

JAKARTA – The number of incidents of motorcycle theft with debt collector mode has prompted the Cengkareng Police to conduct a massive sweep. As a result of the raid, 8 debt collectors were secured from the streets. Following up on the case, police officers asked the public to record videos using cellphones when dealing with debt collectors.

"If it is stopped, ask for his identity and make a video, is he really a 'debt collector' or does he just want to rob a motorbike on the road," said Cengkareng Police Chief, Commissioner Ardhie Demastyo, at Cengkareng Police Headquarters, Monday, June 7.

This was said by Ardhie because bicycle thefts were rife with the modus operandi of the perpetrators becoming fake debt collectors.

They pretended to be pulling overdue motorbikes. After that, his motorbike was taken away by the perpetrators.

Ardhie continued, the recording can be submitted to the police as evidence for investigation purposes.

Ardhie also appealed to residents to immediately report to the local police if they become victims of theft with this method.

Previously, several cases of motorcycle theft using a fake debt collection mode occurred in West Jakarta.

The first case to surface was in the Kembangan area on Friday, 27 May. The perpetrator was arrested after pretending to be a debt collector and trying to rob a resident's motorbike in the Joglo area.

The second case occurred in the Cengkareng area, West Jakarta.

The Cengkareng Police arrested two fake debt collectors for allegedly committing theft in the Rawa Buaya area on Tuesday, May 24. Two suspects with the initials DMD (30) and RN (32) for taking a motorcycle belonging to STI (23).