Arrested For Involved In The Theft Of IDR 90 Million Flood Control Equipment In Palembang, 1 Of These 2 Perpetrators Police

Two suspects in the theft of a flood control tool in the form of a Manhole Cover being investigated by the Palembang City Police/ANTARA

PALEMBANG - Police officers from the Palembang Besar Resort Police (Polrestabes), South Sumatra arrested two suspects in the alleged theft of a flood control device in the form of a Manhole Cover with a total value of Rp90 million. Head of the Palembang Police Criminal Investigation Unit Kompol Tri Wahyudi said the two suspects were M Pendi (36) and Novriansyah (34), residents of Lorong Serengam, Ilir Barat II District, Palembang. The suspects were arrested in an ambush operation by the Palembang Polrestabes antibanding team at their respective homes last Monday night at around 22.30 WIB. “ sudah diringkus untuk dimintai keterangan lebih lanjut di mapolres. Dalam penangkapan malam tadi terpaksa melembilkan sebelah kaki mereka (dengan tembak senjata api), karena melawan aparat dan berusaha kabur,” kata dia saat dikonfirmasi di Palembang, Antara, Selasa, 6 September. Tri explained that before the investigators, the suspect admitted to stealing as many as 45 units of Manhole Cover belonging to the Public Works Department of Highways and Spatial Planning (PUBMTR) of the local province, as reported by the police, received Monday afternoon. "The confession of the suspects that some of the stolen goods had been sold for Rp. 150,000 per unit," he said. Dozens of Manhole Covers that have been stolen by the suspect were made of iron which was intentionally installed by the government on a number of roads in the city of Palembang to cover the drain hole as a flood control. The existence of this tool, he said, is very important, considering that Palembang City is a lowland area that coexists with river flows and is prone to flooding.

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