Recidivist To Be The Mastermind Of The Drafting Specialist At Home In Sukabumi, Claims To Police Already Actioned In 10 Locations

Palabuhanratu Police Chief Kompol Mangapul Simangunsong and his staff when showing evidence of the proceeds of the crime confiscated from a group of thieves who specialize in breaking into houses. ANTARA

SUKABUMI - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the Palabuhanratu Police, Sukabumi Resort arrested a group of specialist thieves who had broken into houses whose actions had been carried out in 10 different locations in Sukabumi Regency, West Java within seven months. "We managed to arrest four of the six suspects, namely AS alias Pedoh, YA alias Bahir, AN and YY. Meanwhile, the other two suspects are still being pursued, whose identities we have pocketed," said Palabuhanratu Police Chief Kompol Mangapul Simangunsong in Sukabumi, Antara, Thursday, December 1. According to Mangapul, the arrest of the three suspects in the theft with weight was after receiving reports from victims, residents of Pasirsuren Village, RT 004/002, Pasirsuren Village, Palabuhanratu District, Sukabumi Regency. On October 24, 2022, at around 04.30 WIB, the victim admitted that his house had been burglarized. The victim's loss of up to tens of millions of rupiah through theft Honda Vario motorcycle, one unit of the Galaxy A22 Samsung type cellphone and one unit of the Lenovo fire 5 Pro laptop. The modus operandi of the thieves was by breaking into the door of the house where the victims were sleeping. The brain of the burglary of the house is Pedoh. This group only took a few minutes to get into the house and drain the victim's property. The police who received the report immediately processed the crime scene (TKP) and checked CCTV, which turned out to be the theft being recorded by CCTV installed in the victim's house. Finally, Pedoh and his colleagues were arrested at their hiding place in the Cikeusik area, Banten Province. To investigators, the suspect Pedoh, who is a recidivist in the same case, committed burglary in 10 different locations in the Sukabumi Regency area. The house that was targeted by this group of thieves, which was located far from its neighbors, so that they freely carried out their actions. In fact, the suspect did not hesitate to injure the victim if they resisted. "We are still developing this case and hunting for other suspects who are still at large. From the hands of the suspect Pedoh, we confiscated a Honda Vario motorcycle and a Galaxy A22 type Samsung cellphone as a result of the crime as well as a screwdriver, key, hat and sweater used by the suspect during the action," he added. Mangapul said they usually act around 02.00 WIB to 04.00 WIB where that time it was alleged that the owner of the house was fast asleep. However, before taking action, usually Pedoh and his colleagues stalked and studied the ins and outs of the house he was about to break into. The suspect Pedoh was charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code concerning theft with Weights, while his colleagues were charged with Article 556 of the Criminal Code for participating in assisting the perpetrators and Article 480 of the Criminal Code as custodians with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.