Owner Of A Boks Lost In Gambir Claims To Lose IDR 130 Million

Victims Of Box Car Theft In Gambir/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Rifin (54), the owner of a box car that was stolen by a thief on Jalan Petojo Selatan, Gambir, Central Jakarta, finally made a police report at the Gambir Metro Police. As a result of the incident, Rifin admitted that he suffered a loss of Rp130 million.

Rifin explained that the box car theft took place on Monday, September 29. The theft occurred when his car was parked in front of his house.

"I ran out of goods, then I parked the car in front of my house. The car usually parked there not long ago. At that time I just took a break for a while," he said, Thursday, October 2.

Rifin confirmed that the box car he parked on the side of the road had been locked. The victim suspected that the four perpetrators who were caught on CCTV broke into his car with a tool.

"The car's position was locked and broken down, the four perpetrators," he said.

Despite losing the car, Rifin was grateful that there were no other valuables in the box car.

"Just the loss of a car of Rp 130 million, if you look at CCTV, four perpetrators 2 minutes immediately took action," he said.

Currently, the case is still under investigation by the Gambir Metro Police.

Two motorbikes, totaling 4 perpetrators riding were caught on CCTV surveillance cameras when they were suspected of stealing a box car with number B 9302 BCO which was parked on the side of the road in the Petojo area, Cideng, Central Jakarta.

Based on the CCTV footage circulating, the perpetrator came riding 2 motorbikes to the location where the box car was parked.

The four perpetrators monitored the situation before carrying out the car theft. After feeling safe, the two perpetrators immediately launched an act of theft.