Tambora Police Arrest Four Committers Of Theft Specialists Over The Last 2 Weeks

Motorcycle thief gang at Tambora Police, West Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The Tambora Police have arrested 6 perpetrators of motorcycle theft (curanmor) who are troubling the public. The perpetrators of the motorcycle theft had the initials SH, CG, FA, A, SA and SG.

According to police records, the perpetrators often steal in the Tambora area, West Jakarta.

"Of the six perpetrators who were arrested by the Tambora Police, they were caught within 2 weeks and were detained in several different locations," said Head of Public Relations of the West Jakarta Metro Police Kompol Taufik Iksan when confirmed, Tuesday, June 28.

Meanwhile, the Head of Tambora Police, Kompol Rosana Albertina Labobar, said that the victims had reported four LPs and that within two weeks all of the perpetrators had been arrested.

"The perpetrators carried out their actions with various modes such as using fake keys, taking the victim's motorbike keys to using the Letter T Key," he said.

The first case of theft with MSI victims occurred in front of the alley of his house, in the Krendang Timur area, Tambora, West Jakarta, Thursday, May 26. The victim's automatic motorbike was stolen by the suspects with the initials SA and SG with the mode of entering the house to take the victim's vehicle key.

"So after taking the keys he rushed out of the house and took the victim's motorbike away," he said

The second location is on Jalan Bandengan Utara III RT12/11, Pekojan Village, Tambora District, West Jakarta. The victim with the initials ARS lost a Honda Supra 125 motorcycle while parking it in front of his house.

After the victim saw the CCTV around the scene, it turned out that the thief on the motorbike was his own neighbor with the initials CG.

So the victim reported this incident to the Tambora Police Headquarters for follow-up on Tuesday, June 6.

"So after we received the report, the buser team immediately moved to arrest the perpetrator at his house," he said

The third case is the theft of a motorcycle that occurred in the East Krendang area with the suspects with the initials A and FA on Tuesday, June 14. Both were arrested by the Tambora Sector Police on Wednesday, June 15 after the victim with the initial F made a police report.

From his confession, suspect A has twice stolen motorbikes in the Tambora area, West Jakarta.

"But for the third time, A and the FA were caught," he said.

The location of the latest theft, continued Ocha, was in the Tanah Cereal area, Tambora District, West Jakarta on Friday, June 16.

In this case, the suspect is one person with the initials SH stealing a motorbike belonging to the victim with the initials MS. The victim made a report in the morning after his motorbike went missing and the buser team managed to apprehend the perpetrator in the evening.

"They don't know each other, these are four different gangs of motorcycle thieves," he said.

The results of the urine examination of the suspects were negative for any type of drug.

"We appeal to the public to double lock their motorbikes and install safety locks so they are not easily stolen," he said.

Apart from arresting the suspects, the police also confiscated a motorbike belonging to the theft victim. In order to account for his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of 7 years in prison.