Police Arrest Conspiracy Of Truck Spare Tire Thieves In Action On Cikampek Toll Road

KARAWANG - The Karawang Police, West Java team revealed a case of theft of a truck spare tire that usually occurs in the rest area of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road.

"Five people were arrested in the case of the theft of a spare tire at a toll road rest area. Now the perpetrator is being held at the Karawang Police Headquarters," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Karawang Police AKP Oliestha Ageng Wicaksana, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, August 18.

He said the five specialists in the theft of spare tires in the rest area of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road each had the initials PH, FM, TM, CS, and GS.

The perpetrators usually act around the rest area of Km 62 of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road. The target is a truck parked in the rest area.

"Their target is a truck parked in the rest area. They act very quickly, about 5 minutes," continued AKP Oliestha.

The five perpetrators of the spare tire theft are a gang that has been troubling truck drivers for a long time.

Over the past week, the Karawang Police have also arrested eight other perpetrators in cases of motor vehicle theft, violent theft and theft in an empty shop.