In Order To Buy Alcohol, These Three Youths Steal Heavy Equipment Parts

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The police arrested three youths from Bitung City, North Sulawesi. The three of them are suspected of stealing heavy equipment parts in the area.

"The three perpetrators each had the initials AS (18), YD (19) and OD (17). The perpetrators were arrested in Bitung Tengah Village, Maesa District, Bitung, Monday (24/4)," said Head of Public Relations of the North Sulawesi Police, Kombes Iis Kristian, in Manado, Tuesday.

He said that from the results of the interrogation, the three perpetrators had their respective roles.

"The US and YD men are the main perpetrators of the theft, while the initials OD acted as situation monitors when their two colleagues were stealing," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, April 25.

The theft was experienced by a resident named Nur Uyun Jamaludin, on April 8, 2023, at his home.

"At that time the victim's spare parts were placed on the terrace of his house, including the crazy wheel of the fly WHel, the dynamo of the starter and the branstop. Without the victim knowing, these items had disappeared from being taken by people he did not know," he said.

Based on the victim's report on April 9, 2023, the police then conducted an investigation and arrest of the alleged perpetrators.

"When arrested, the perpetrators admitted to having stolen spare parts. But specifically for branstop spare parts, the perpetrators admitted that they were not the ones who took it," he said.

He added that the perpetrators also admitted that the items they stole were sold to a buyer and collector of scrap metal.

"The three perpetrators also admitted that the money from the sale of stolen goods was bought for alcoholic beverages," he said.

For the loss of the three parts, the victim admitted that he suffered a loss of Rp. 50 million.

"The three perpetrators have been secured along with evidence of a dynamo starter while a crazy wheel of flywel G 18 caterpilar brand is still in the hands of a buyer who is in Gorontalo. To lose the branstop segment