Shopkeeper In Kalideres Lost Cellphone While Bringing Drinks To Buyers

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JAKARTA - Pretending to buy merchandise, a man is suspected of stealing a mobile phone belonging to a shopkeeper in the Pegadungan area, Kalideres, West Jakarta. The Kalideres Police Chief, AKP Hasoloan Situmorang, confirmed the incident, and an investigation is currently underway.

"There will be an inspection at the scene," said Hasoloan, quoted on Saturday, January 1.

The man's actions were caught on CCTV cameras and had gone viral on social media. In the video, a man in a gray shirt and a black bag comes to a cell phone shop using a red automatic motorcycle.

The perpetrator also had time to talk to the shop owner like a customer who is choosing which cell phone to buy. After talking for a long time, the perpetrator had stood and moved in front of the shop. Not long after, the perpetrator took a cell phone that was still above the window.

The perpetrator also asked the shop owner to get drinking water and then when the shop owner was careless, the perpetrator fled with the cellphone on a motorbike that was parked right in front of the shop.