Turns Out There Was No Shootout Between The Police And The Robbers At Alfamart Jatake, The Perpetrators Had Fled Before The Police Arrived

Location of the Alfamart Jatake robbery/ Photo: Jehan/VOI

TANGERANG - The robbery at an Alfamart minimarket on Abdurrahman Street 02/02, Jatake, Pagedangan, Tangerang Regency. In that incident, the perpetrator managed to escape.

Based on information received by the voi.id team, the incident began when the victim intended to close the one that was preparing to close. Suddenly, a group of robbers came with sharp weapons.

The minimarket employees, who were three people at that time, were immediately arrested by the perpetrators and immediately taken to the second floor where the safe was kept. After locking the victim in that place, the perpetrators fled.

The Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the South Tangerang Police, AKP Aldo Primananda Putra, confirmed that the perpetrator had managed to escape before his party arrived at the scene of the crime.

"After arriving at the crime scene, it turned out that the perpetrators had disappeared", said Aldo when confirmed, Wednesday, April 20.

Aldo admitted that the police fired shots because they received information that the perpetrator in the minimarket was holding a firearm. Therefore given a warning shot

"So there was no gunfight. The police fired warning shots before entering the crime scene because the victim was informed, for example, that one of them used a firearm", he said.

However, upon inspection, it was found that the suspect had fled. Aldo added that the group of perpetrators managed to rob IDR 70 million.

"Approximately IDR 40 million in the safe (and) at the cashier IDR 30 million. Approximately 70", he said.