Pretentiously Swinging Samurai Anxiety Road Users, 3 Students In Bandar Lampung Arrested By Police

Youth in Bandar Lampung who was detained by the police for being in the Krakatau Brush Operation for carrying sharp weapons (Via ANTARA)

BANDAR LAMPUNG - The Bandar Lampung City Police (Polresta) arrested three youths who were carrying sharp weapons during the Krakatau Brush Operation on Tuesday morning.

"In Operation Brush Krakatau, the Swallow Team 2 of the Bandarlampung Police secured 3 youths and evidence in the form of 4 motorbikes, 3 sickles, 5 cellphones, and 1 wallet," said Head of Samapta Polresta Bandarlampung Kompol Suwandi in Bandarlampung, Antara, Tuesday, 24 May.

He explained that the three youths were arrested because while patrolling at around 01.00 WIB on Jalan Kartini, the Swallow Team saw a group of youths riding in two-wheeled vehicles carrying sharp weapons that were spun in the air.

"The youth group consisted of about 40 people riding motorbikes, they were twirling sharp weapons such as swords, samurai, machetes, sickles, and iron into the air from the motorbikes," he said.

On that basis, he continued, his party immediately pursued and searched the area around Pasar Tengah, Ramayana, Chandra Karang, Saburai, Gedung Wanita, Palapa, and Kaliawi.

He said that the group of youths who were troubling road users were finally dispersed on Jalan M Nur, to be precise at the Mandala Housing Climb where several people from the group had fallen from motorbikes.

"In the pursuit and sweeping of a group of youths carrying sharp weapons, we managed to secure three people and a number of evidences, while the other group fled in the hills and alleys of residents' houses," he said.

The three youths who were arrested in Operation Brush Krakatau on Tuesday morning with the initials HS students from Bandarlampung City, having their address at Jalan Pisang Wayhalim, student RJS having their address at Jalan Teuku Umar Kedaton, and BGM students having their address at Jalan Pulau Bacan.