Police Arrest Rp10 Million Shoes Thief At Cipinang Brimob Dormitory

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The police have arrested a resident of Pisangan, East Jakarta, on charges of stealing 10 pairs of shoes worth Rp10 million from the Brimob Polda Metro Jaya Dormitory, Cipinang.

"The suspect with the initials RD (17) was arrested by a joint Provost and Battalion B Pioneer personnel in the Cipinang Brimob Dormitory and the Battalion B Pelopor Mako while on patrol," said Deputy Commander of Battalion B Pelopor AKP A Immapully in Jakarta, reported on Friday, December 18.

RD's arrest occurred after residents of the Cipinang Brimob Dormitory were restless. Because in the near future they often lose a pair of branded shoes at their official residence.

"There are residents' unrest, because many shoes are missing, there have been five houses that reported losing branded shoes," he said.

The suspect's action was caught on several occasions by surveillance cameras (CCTV) in the dormitory environment.

The suspect was arrested while the members were carrying out pickets and regular patrols in the dormitory on Jalan Bekasi Timur Raya, Number 251, Cipinang, East Jakarta.

At around 01.20 WIB, said Immapuly, members saw people with characteristics according to CCTV video footage, namely thin bodies, wearing hats, wearing necklaces, about 165 centimeters (cm) in height and having suspicious movements.

"We are deliberately intensifying regional patrols at critical hours from 24.00 WIB to 04.00 WIB, the time when the perpetrators of the theft acted," he said.

Not long after, the assigned members managed to see the suspect leave Block Q Alley by jumping the fence and walking.

After that, RD was arrested and taken to the Command Post of Battalion B Pelopor for interrogation.

Pulogadung police chief, Kompol Beddy Suwendi has received the handover of the RD suspect from Brimob members at the Pulogadung Police Headquarters.

"At 15.00 WIB, the RD suspect has been handed over to us for further processing. So far, there have been reports of losses of about ten pairs of shoes of different brands with a loss of around Rp10 million," he said.