Police Secure 16 Residents During Dice Gambling In Solo, 4 People Become Suspects

SOLO - The Surakarta City Police Samapta Unit detained 16 residents suspected of being involved in a dice gambling case in the Jajar Village area, Laweyan District, Solo, Central Java.

Four people were named suspects for being involved in dice gambling, and 12 others as witnesses.

Kasat Samapta Surakarta Polresta Kompol Sutoyo said that his party succeeded in uncovering the case of the dice gambling community disease, starting when the Surakarta Police Sat Samapta troops carried out regional patrols to anticipate security and social security vulnerabilities in the jurisdiction of the Surakarta Police, Wednesday, August 11.

The Samapta team when on patrol received a report or complaint from the community from the call center which said that at the Jajar location, Laweyan, Solo, dice gambling was taking place. His party then moved to follow up on the complaint to the appropriate location from the community reporter.

At the location, dice gambling was taking place with money bets. The team managed to secure 16 people and evidence that was at the location for safekeeping and taken to the Surakarta Police Headquarters. After being recorded, it is immediately transferred to the Criminal Investigation Unit for examination for the applicable legal process.

In addition to securing the 16 residents at the location, the police also confiscated a number of evidences, including a set of dice, a pieto, a placemat, a coconut shell and a mat, as well as cash totaling Rp630,000. All submitted to the Crime Unit for legal proceedings.

Kasat Reskrim Polresta Surakarta AKP Djohan Andika explained that of the 16 residents who were detained, four were named suspects for being involved in gambling, and 12 others were witnesses.

The four suspects, namely the initials SR (57), a resident of Karangasem Solo, TK (56), a resident of Karangasem Solo, KR (40), a resident of Karangasem Solo, and RH (41), a resident of Karangasem Solo, are now being detained at the Surakarta Police Headquarters. further inspection process.

"In this gambling case, the dice dealer is SR, while the other three are installers. The four are being detained at the Surakarta Police Headquarters for legal proceedings," said the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit, quoted by Antara, Thursday, August 12.

The gambler is charged with Article 303 of the Criminal Code concerning the Criminal Act of Gambling, with a maximum threat of 10 years in prison or a maximum fine of IDR 25 million.