Six People Collaborate To Steal A Truck In Lampung, The Driver Is Tied Up With Duct Tape And Abandoned In The Palm Oil Plantation

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JAKARTA - The Lampung Regional Police have arrested six suspected perpetrators of violent truck theft while on a palm trip to Dusun Suka Bandung, Natar, South Lampung.

The six suspects had the initials K (47), SA (41), and AA (60) residents of Central Lampung. Then JH (63), KT (46) from Bandar Lampung, and A (38) from South Lampung.

"The theft occurred on Monday, November 8, 2021 at around 21.30 WIB," said Wadirkrimum of the Lampung Police AKBP Hamid Andri Soemantri, in Bandarlampung, Thursday, December 9.

The mode used by the suspects was by pretending to order trucking services to load sand. When the truck driver was on his way carrying sand, the suspects who were already waiting on the road, then threatened with sharp weapons.

"Hands, eyes, mouth, and feet of the victim were then tied with duct tape. Then the victim was left at the location of the oil palm plantation in the Natar area," he said again.

During the investigation, said Hamid, the members first arrested the suspect S. During the development, the members again arrested the other suspects, JH and K.

"When we developed it again, the members managed to arrest suspects A, AA, and KT while they were at their house," he said.

The six suspects have their respective roles. Suspect K was the mastermind of the theft and tied up, taped, and threatened the victim.

Suspect SA plays a role in finding targets, JH plays a role in determining the location of the crime scene (TKP) and bringing the stolen car outside the scene.

"Suspect AA acts as a liaison to sell the stolen vehicle, and A acts as a collector and resells the vehicle to a suspect who is still on the DPO. Then another suspect KT acts as a liaison for buying and selling the vehicle," he said again.

Hamid added that currently members are looking for the whereabouts of the vehicle. Based on information from one of the suspects, the vehicle has been sold outside Lampung.

"We are still looking for the whereabouts of the vehicle. Meanwhile, we have just secured evidence in the form of one motorbike, three knives, two cell phones, one piece of duct tape, and the remaining Rp30 million from the sale," he said.

As a result of these actions, the six suspects were charged with Article 365 paragraph (2) 1 and 2 of the Criminal Code with the threat of imprisonment for 12 years.