3 Kg Gas Cylinder And Coconut Oil Supply Vehicles Hijacked By Rampok Herds, Victims Arrested

CILACAP Three gas cylinder thieves and miyak coconut were arrested by the Cilacap Police Criminal Investigation Unit. The theft carried out by the perpetrators was by hijacking the vehicle used by the victim when crossing Pesanggrahan Village, Kroya District, Cilacap Regency.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Cilacap Police, Kompol Guntar Arif Setiyoko, said that the perpetrators with the initials M (41) C H (37) I B (43) had acted five times in five different locations.

"These perpetrators in Cilacap have acted at 5 crime scenes (crime scenes), Majenang, Karangpucung and Kedungreja", Guntar said in an official statement, Thursday, March 9.

Guntar said the perpetrators were arrested after carrying out their actions in Pesanggrahan Village, Kroya District. Where these perpetrators confiscated 3 kg of LPG gas and oil on the way.

"The perpetrators' mode of stopping shop employees who were supplying goods, then with the threat of using a knife the goods were taken and transferred to the perpetrators' cars," said Guntar.

The perpetrators managed to bring 40 LPG gas cylinders, 400 liters of oil, and held confinement and asked for a ransom from the victim's family, amounting to Rp. 15 million.

For his actions, the perpetrators were threatened with Article 365 of the Criminal Code and Article 368 of the Criminal Code with 9 years in prison.