JAKARTA - The Pasangkayu Police Criminal Investigation Unit of West Sulawesi Province managed to arrest four perpetrators of theft of LPG gas cylinders who often act at a number of kiosks in the area.

The Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Pasangkayu Police, Iptu Ronald Suhartawan Hadipura, said that one of the four perpetrators, namely IP (18), was a recidivist in the theft case who had served a sentence at the Mamuju Class II Child Prison in 2020-2021.

"One of the four perpetrators we have arrested in connection with the theft of the three kilogram LPG gas cylinder is a recidivist in the theft case," said Ronald Suhartawan Hadipura, quoted from Antara, Sunday, February 13.

The disclosure of the case of the theft of the three kilogram LPG gas cylinder, said the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit, was based on reports from the public who claimed to have lost the LPG cylinder from the storage box in their shop.

Based on the report, he continued, the Resmob team of the Pasangkayu Police Criminal Investigation Unit immediately conducted an investigation and managed to get a bright spot regarding the perpetrators of the theft.

"We managed to capture IP who was at that time in a house on Mangga Street, Pasangkayu Village," said Ronald Suhartawan Hadipura.

From the results of the examination, the recidivist of the theft case admitted that he had committed the theft of LPG gas cylinders with his three teenage colleagues, namely HA (17), IC (15), and SR (16).

In addition to arresting the four perpetrators, the Pasangkayu Police Criminal Investigation Unit also said Ronald Suhartawan Hadipura, who managed to confiscate evidence of eight three kilograms of LPG gas cylinders.

"From the examination, IP carried out the theft with HA, IC, and SR three nights in a row, in the same way, namely by destroying the sales box using a knife. The LPG cylinders were sold for IDR 100,000 per cylinder," he explained.

"The money from the crime was used by the perpetrators to buy liquor (alcohol) and have a lot of fun. We are still continuing to carry out intensive examinations of the perpetrators to develop an investigation," said Ronald Suhartawan Hadipura.


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