Men In Bali Are Desperate To Steal HT Balawista For Palak ABG Drunk On The Beach

BADUNG - Riandi Efendi alias Adi (37) was determined to steal a handy talkie (HT) radio belonging to officers from Balawista Kuta Beach, Bali, in order to lure visitors.

"The motive is for people," said Head of Criminal Investigation of the Kuta Police, Iptu Made Putra Yudistira, Monday, May 3.

The incident occurred on Jalan Pantai Kuta, precisely at Pos II Balawista Kuta, Badung Regency, Bali, on Friday, March 12, 2021, at around 07.00 WITA.

From the testimony of the victim who became the reporter I Wayan Kresna Widarma, he saw that the Balawista post door was open.

Then the victim tries to close the door using a padlock. It turned out that the padlock was broken. There, the victim realized that HT was gone.

A few minutes later, a reporter named I Ketut Mertajaya arrived and told him that the black Motorolla HT, the Balawista inventory, had disappeared. This case was reported to the Kuta police station.

"With this incident, Balawista Kuta suffered a loss of around Rp. 3 million," he added.

The police who received the report immediately processed the scene of the case and examined the witnesses.

"After pocketing the characteristics of the perpetrator from the witnesses, finally he succeeded in securing the perpetrator and a HT around Kuta Beach. Then, the perpetrator and evidence were secured," he explained.

From the interrogation, the perpetrator admitted to his actions and the perpetrator admitted to using the stolen HT to patrol at night along Kuta Beach.

If there are ABG who are hanging out on the beach drinking liquor (miras), the perpetrator acts like a member of the beach task force while pretending to communicate with the stolen HT.

For fear of being secured, the ABG handed over the money. The perpetrator did ask for money from the ABG who was caught drunk.

"He did this action up to 5 times, but only 2 times was given cigarette money. Then he used the money for daily living expenses," said Iptu Yudistira.