16-Year-Old Teen Breaks Into Musala Charity Box In Central Lombok, Police: It's Been 10 Times For Extravagance

A mosque charity box stolen by a 16-year-old teenager in Central Lombok. (ANTARA/HO-Humas Central Lombok Police)

JAKARTA - A 16-year-old teenager who broke into the Musala Olivia charity box was arrested by the police on Jalan Bypass Mataram-Lombok International Airport, Sukerara Village, Jonggat District, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.

"The suspect, with the initials DPN, is a resident of the Southwest Praya sub-district," said Central Lombok Police Chief AKBP Hery Indra Cahyono, in Praya, Saturday, March 12.

The teenager's action was revealed after being suspected by two residents who were around the crime scene (TKP). The two of them lurked in secret until it was confirmed that the teenager had stolen the contents of the prayer box.

After the perpetrator took the contents of the charity box, said Hery, the two witnesses immediately arrested the perpetrator, so they reported it to the Sukerara Village Babinkamtibmas.

"The perpetrators could not dodge after being ambushed by residents, so members came to secure the perpetrators to avoid the crowd's tantrums," he also said.

The police chief said that the perpetrator admitted that he had stolen the charity box at Olivia Mushala more than 10 times, and the money from the charity box was used by the perpetrator to spend time with his friends.

As a result of his actions, the perpetrator had to languish in the Jonggat Police Sector detention cell to undergo further examination. "The perpetrator is still undergoing further investigation," he said.