Badik Thief Chased By Residents In Makassar, Hiding In A Gas Station Minimarket

MAKASSAR - Thieves of cellphones and laptops were chased by residents on Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan, Makassar. The perpetrator with the initials M (37) who was carrying a badik was surrounded while hiding in a gas station minimarket.

From the video circulating, a number of residents chased the perpetrators of the theft and crossed the road. There were residents who brought poles.

"Bring badik, bring badik," said the video recorder, referring to the thief who was being chased by a sharp armed crowd.

This thief was hiding in a gas station minimarket. The residents have surrounded him. Receiving this report, the police arrested the perpetrator.

"The evidence that was secured, a Yamaha MX King motorbike, one Asus laptop, one Oppo cellphone, one screwdriver, one badik blade," said Head of Criminal Investigation of Tamalanrea Police, Iptu Muhlis, contacted by VOI, Sunday, October 8 .

The police initially received information that there was a commotion going on on Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan, Makassar. The police went straight to the location.

"The results of interrogation from witnesses around the scene of the case later revealed that the commotion started with the perpetrator of the theft," continued Muhlis.

The perpetrator was found to have entered the victim's house on Jalan Bung Perumahan Bukit Mahgfira and took a cellphone. The victim who awakens from sleep screams and chases the perpetrator. The panicked perpetrator immediately tried to run away on his motorcycle.

"The perpetrator was kicked by the victim so that the motorbike ridden by the perpetrator fell on the road, then the perpetrator avoided the crowd by running towards Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan," he said.

The police said the perpetrator had stolen cellphones in a number of locations, namely the Sidrap Student Dormitory, the HMI Makassar Secretariat. The perpetrator also stole a laptop in the hallway of 4 Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan.

"Other places where the perpetrator was stolen by the perpetrator in the legal area of the Tamalanrea Police was carried out by the perpetrator in the same mode, namely entering the victim's room at around 05.00 WITA-07.30 WITA," Muhlis said.