The Perpetrator Of The 2022 Eid Al-Adha Coal Fraud In Bukittinggi, Who Was Arrested As Having Fled To Surabaya

Illustration of arrests. (Alanews)

The Bukittinggi Police have succeeded in arresting the suspect in the fraud case in the purchase of the sacrificial cow initials ALD (36). The perpetrator was arrested after seven months of escape.

Ps. Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Bukittinggi Police, AKP Fetrizal, said that ALD was arrested on Tuesday night, January 3.

"It is true, with a persuasive approach to arrest, the perpetrator was arrested in the Padang Panjang City area and immediately taken to Bukittinggi at around 20.30 WIB," said Fetrizal in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Wednesday, January 4, as reported by Antara.

Currently, the suspect is being held at the Bukittinggi Police Headquarters. The Bukittinggi Police Satreskrim officers are still digging up information from ALD to investigate this case.

"The perpetrator had time to stay in Surabaya on his run," said Fetrizal.

Fetrizal said further information from the results of the examination would be conveyed directly by the Acting Head of the Bukittinggi Police.

The case that ensnared ALD became the center of attention because it coincided with Eid al-Adha on Saturday, July 9, 2022.

ALD deceived the purchase of sacrificial cows involving several mosque administrators and prayer rooms. Dozens of worshipers suffered losses because the sacrificial animals that had been ordered and paid did not come on the day of slaughter.

Losses were in Mushala Baitul Jannah with five cows and two goats, Alumni SMA 3 with five cows, and Mushalla At Tawfi as many as two cows and Bunda Hospital with one cow with an estimated total loss of IDR 250 million.