It Turns Out That Two Indomaret Robbers Who Doused Victims With Gasoline Have Taken Action 20 Times In Various Areas

One of the robbers who was shot in the leg during the arrest/ Photo; IST

JAKARTA - Two perpetrators of the minimarket robbery have been investigated at the East Jakarta Metro Police. As a result, it is known that the perpetrators with the initials BS and AH have acted 20 times in different areas.

According to police records, the perpetrators have committed several crimes in Jakarta, Bekasi, Bogor, Cianjur, Kendal and Batang, Central Java.

East Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Budi Sartono said his party arrested the robbery suspects with the initials AH and BS in Kendal, Central Java.

Kombes Budi said the two suspects were arrested Thursday, June 23, in the early hours of the morning after carrying out a robbery in the Kendal area, Central Java.

"So, after carrying out the robbery in Indomaret, Kendal. After the robbery, Alhamdulillah, the East Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Team managed to arrest the two people concerned," said Kombes Budi, Friday, June 24.

Kombes Budi explained that when they were in action, the two perpetrators often doused minimarket employees with gasoline. He said that in this way the victim was afraid that he would be burned if he resisted.

Meanwhile, another perpetrator pointed an air softgun at a minimarket employee. When the victim did not move, the perpetrator immediately grabbed the money stored in the cash register.

"The method is to use pertalite or gasoline. The other uses a softgun and threatens to burn if no money is given," said Kombes Budi.

As a result of his actions, the perpetrator was charged with Article 365 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) and Emergency Law No. 12 of 1951. The two suspects are now being held at the East Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters.