JABAR - The Ciamis Resort Police (Polres) arrested a gang of specialists in the theft of a motorcycle or vibro roller in a number of areas in West Java (Jabar) with four suspects who were arrested in the Central Java (Central Java) region.
"The Ciamis Police have arrested the suspects in the jurisdiction of the Kendal Police, Semarang Police, and the jurisdiction of the Pemalang Police, further investigation and investigation will be carried out," said Head of the Ciamis Resort Police (Polres) AKBP Akmal during a press conference to reveal the case of theft of heavy equipment in Ciamis, Monday, May 26, confiscated by Antara.
He said that the disclosure of the theft of cross-regional heavy equipment vehicles lasted quite a long time starting from the theft incident on the national highway in the Cikoneng area, Ciamis Regency on April 20, 2025.
The existence of the theft of heavy equipment belonging to the private company, he said, his staff immediately processed the crime scene and collected a number of witness statements which were known to have been stolen in the early hours of the morning at around 02.00 WIB.
"This perpetrator committed theft by lifting heavy equipment using a crane truck," said Akmal.
He conveyed that a team from the Ciamis Police then conducted an investigation by analyzing a number of surveillance cameras on the road or CCTV to find out which route the perpetrator was using.
Finally, the police, he said, could trace the direction of the crane truck carrying the heavy vehicle that was traveling towards Bandung, then entered the Cisumdawu Toll Road and then Cipali and was taken to the Central Java area.
"We are trying to uncover criminal acts using the method of using technology, we analyze CCTV," he said.
He conveyed that the results of the investigation revealed that the crane truck carrying the heavy equipment was sold without a name, then the heavy equipment had been changed in paint color and sold by the perpetrator for IDR 150 million.
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The team from the Ciamis Police, he said, was finally able to find out the whereabouts of the stolen vehicle, as well as knowing who the buyer, crane truck driver and also the person involved in the theft until they were finally arrested in several places in Central Java.
He revealed that the results of the investigation revealed that there were four people, one of whom was an officer who had then been handed over to the agency where he was assigned.
The results of the suspect's confession, he said, had been carried out in eight crime scenes since 2019, and only three locations had been successfully secured.
"The perpetrators also committed the same acts at eight crime scenes in several areas of West Java, and some of them are government-owned heavy equipment," he said.
As a result of his actions, the civilian status suspect languished in the Ciamis Police Detention Center to undergo further legal proceedings and was charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code with a threat of seven years in prison.
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