Cross Events: Culture Of Brawl, Drugs, To Motorcycle Theft Besides The East Jakarta Police

JAKARTA - The social phenomenon of brawls between residents has become an increasingly entrenched scourge. Even brawls have become a separate doctrine among Jakarta's youth because there is no formula that can eliminate the brawl tradition.

Fights are usually caused by several things. Start the problem of old grudges and drug abuse. However, many brawls occur for no apparent reason. So this social phenomenon is difficult to eradicate.

As happened in the Tebet area, South Jakarta. A brawl between two groups of residents occurred at the Manggarai Station railway bridge towards Tanah Abang, Jalan Sultan Agung, Manggarai, Tebet District, South Jakarta. The action of attacking each other using stones, glass bottles, firecrackers and sharp weapons was unavoidable.

The brawl went viral on Instagram. Visible amateur video recordings from mobile phones belonging to residents. From the caption of the Instagram account, it was written that a brawl between residents occurred on Wednesday, September 15, at night, at around 22.45 WIB.

Luckily, there were no casualties in this incident. The brawl was dispersed after police officers arrived at the scene and fired tear gas.

Tebet Police Chief Kompol Alexander Yurikho said the perpetrators of the brawl were successfully dispersed by joint officers from the Tebet Police, Setiabudi Metro Police and Menteng Metro Police.

"They (the brawlers) were members of the community who were in conflict, from the beginning before the dispute grew, they were dissolved by the joint apparatus. We put forward preventive and persuasive efforts, so that none of the perpetrators were arrested," he told VOI, Thursday, September 16.

The police chief ensured that the brawl that took place in the border area had not found any drug abuse.

"The motive is still being investigated, it has nothing to do with drug abuse," he said.

The police will also investigate the perpetrators of the brawl who used firecrackers to attack opponents.

"The allegations (of the brawl funders) will be confirmed by investigation efforts," he said.

In addition to brawls between residents, narcotics abuse also often poisons a number of youths in Jakarta. As happened in the East Jakarta area.

DRUGS

The Matraman Police have again arrested the abuse of dry marijuana in the Rawamangun Terminal area, Pulogadung District, East Jakaarta.

From the location of the arrest, the police arrested three dealers with the initials SM, YS and M along with evidence of 1.5 kilograms of dried marijuana.

Matraman police chief Kompol Tedjo Asmoro said the three perpetrators had different roles. M and YS are drug users, while SM is a marijuana dealer.

The arrest of the perpetrators of marijuana abuse began with the arrest of M and YS who were marijuana users. Both are drivers of the KWK public transportation (Koperasi Wahana Kalpika). M and YS were arrested while waiting for passengers at the Rawamangun terminal.

The arrests began when members of the Criminal Investigation Department disguised themselves as angkot passengers. Then the police found M and YS smoking marijuana in the driver's seat. Both were arrested.

Angkot driver in Rawamangun, East Jakarta arrested for drugs/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

When interrogated, the two angkot drivers admitted that they had obtained illegal dried marijuana from a dealer in Bekasi. The two perpetrators were developed and managed to catch SM, the dried marijuana dealer.

"The suspect SM was arrested in the East Bekasi District, Bekasi City. From SM's house, evidence of 1.5 kilograms of marijuana was confiscated, ready to be distributed," he told VOI, Thursday, September 16.

For further investigation, the three perpetrators were taken to the Matraman Police Headquarters. The three perpetrators were charged with Article 111 of Law No. 35 of 2009 with a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison.

Meanwhile, according to Sander, the marijuana dealer, he has been running a marijuana business for 6 months.

"Sell it at rawamangun, sir," the perpetrator briefly said.

Narcotics crime is a network related to other crimes. This is because the police have indicated that narcotics can stimulate the perpetrators of street crimes.

After revealing the circulation of marijuana in the East Jakarta area, now the perpetrators of the crime of robbery are actually desperate to act in the parking lot of the Jatinegara Health Center, near the East Jakarta Police Headquarters.

CURANMOR

The robbers managed to rob a Honda Beat motorcycle belonging to Appis Haryanto (30), a worker at the Jatinegara Health Center. As a result of the incident, his black Honda Beat motorcycle number B 4876 TVN was stolen by a thief.

Ironically, the perpetrators were desperate to carry out the theft near the East Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters. The distance from the motorcycle theft was only about 50 meters from the East Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters.

The reason is that the Jatinegara Health Center office where the victim works is located almost next to the police headquarters.

Luckily, the theft was caught on CCTV camera. The suspect was seen wearing a shirt and trousers. The appearance of the perpetrator of the theft is fairly neat because the target location is at the Puskesmas Office.

According to the victim, when he parked his motorbike, he had locked the handlebar of his motorbike. Then the motor is left to work as usual.

"When I wanted to go home, I knew that (the motorbike) was gone. From CCTV, the perpetrator was seen walking alone. He had entered the prayer room, the perpetrator mingled with those who were there," he told VOI at the scene, Thursday, September 16.

According to CCTV monitoring, the perpetrator had also been pacing back and forth observing the situation for about 15 minutes. After the situation was safe enough, the perpetrators immediately took action.

"The perpetrator had time to help the doctor out of the motorbike. Had time to help the employee out. Then he ran away with my motorbike," he said.

The victim hopes that the perpetrators of the theft can be caught by the police soon. He has also reported the theft case to the East Jakarta Metro Police.

LIQUID

Meanwhile in West Jakarta, the Tamansari Polsektro anticipates actions to disrupt the security and social order by raiding a number of shops selling alcoholic beverages in the Kota Tua area, Tamansari District, West Jakarta.

"We have secured 106 bottles of illegal alcohol of various brands from two shops in the Kota Tua area, to anticipate traffic disturbances when CFN is implemented," said Metro Tamansari Police Chief, AKBP Iver Son Manossoh when contacted by VOI, Thursday, September 16.

Liquor (Alcohol) as a result of police operations in the Old City Tourism Area, West Jakarta/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

According to the police chief, the two shops that were raided often cause unrest in the community due to alcohol consumption.

"Allegedly as a source of liquor consumed by a group of youths when hanging out in the Kota Tua area, Tamansari, West Jakarta," he said.

GADGET THEFT

Still in West Jakarta, the Tambora Police have arrested a man with the initials ES, a resident of Duri Bangkit, RT 12/09, Jembatan Besi, Tambora District, West Jakarta.

ES was arrested by a member of the Tambora Police Criminal Investigation Department (Reskrim) for breaking into the house of a resident, Stevanus Meidyanto, on Jalan Jembatan Besi, Gang Rana, RT 05/07, Kelurahan Jembatan Besi, Tambora, West Jakarta.

Not only breaking into Stevanus' house, the 30-year-old man also stole 1 cellphone and 2 Tabs. The total loss to the victims is estimated to be in the tens of millions.

"The suspect carried out the theft by climbing over the victim's house through the balcony. Then he entered through the window of the victim's house," said Tambora Police Chief Kompol Moh Faruk Rozi when confirmed by VOI, Thursday, September 16, evening.

Suspected of stealing Samsung gadgets in Tambora, West Jakarta/ Photo; Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

After successfully entering the victim's house through the window, the perpetrator immediately took a number of valuable electronic items belonging to the victim. Among them are 1 unit of black Samsung Type A51 brand mobile phone, 1 unit of blue Samsung Tab S6 Lite brand and 1 black Samsung Tab A Lite unit.

The victim also reported the theft case to the Tambora Police Headquarters. Thanks to the information on the characteristics of the perpetrators mentioned and their identities, the Tambora Police Criminal Investigation Unit immediately arrested the perpetrators.

"After interrogation of the perpetrators, ES admitted his actions. The perpetrators along with evidence were brought to the Tambora Police for further processing. The perpetrators were charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code," he said.