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The photo archive of the stolen vehicle holder with the initials SP alias Andre standing in the middle of the confiscated evidence after the arrest at the Mataram Police Headquarters, NTB / VIA ANTARA

The suspect who held the initials SP alias Andre (26), from Praya Tengah, Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, was revealed to have sold stolen vehicles by printing new engine numbers and fake frames. Head of the Mataram Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Kompol Kadek Adi Budi Astawa, said this became the suspect's mode of getting a bigger profit. "So, usually if you sell stolen vehicles, the price is IDR 2 million, but if you have made an engine number and a new framework, complete with a tax note, the perpetrator can sell up to IDR 10 million," said Kadek in Mataram, Antara, Monday, February 6. From Andre's statement that he has now been detained at the Mataram Police, it was also revealed that seven units of vehicles with engine numbers and fake frames were sold. "This mode of changing frame numbers and machines makes it easier for perpetrators to be able to sell vehicles openly. The seven units all sold after being promoted on social media," he said. By obtaining information from the suspect, Kadek said that his party is now tracing the original identity of the vehicle that sold it. "So, the vehicle that has just been revealed to have been sold is included in a series of case development. He said, some have been sold outside the region," he said. Kadek added that the development in this case led to the perpetrators who sold stolen vehicles to Andre because Andre's business partner was part of a big theft syndicate. "In essence, we continue to develop this case until we reveal their network. We also carry out searches from public reports," he said. Andre was arrested by the Mataram Police Puma Team on Thursday (2/2) night at his home in Jurang Jaler Village, Praya Tengah District, Central Lombok Regency. From the arrest, a printing tool for the engine number and frame number were also found, including a drilling machine, a gerinda, and a combustion device. In addition, five tins of piled paint were found and about 50 license plates of vehicles, a set of Scoopy motorcycle sports, STNK were suspected of being fake, and dozens of house keys to vehicle contacts suspected of being stolen. Police officers arrested Andre based on the results of an investigation in the field. One of the 10 two-wheeled vehicles that was also confiscated from the warehouse of Andre's house was revealed stolen in the Central Lombok region in 2017.