Police Arrest Palm Oil Thief Gang In West Pasaman

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West Pasaman Police, West Sumatra arrested a gang of oil palm thieves in Jorong Sariak, Nagari Koto Baru, Luhak Nan Duo District.

The head of the Pasaman Police, AKP Defrizal, said the three suspects were the initials EA (33), SH (34) and RL (37).

According to him, the arrest was made by the operational team of the Pasaman Police Criminal Investigation Unit led by the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit Ipda Muhammad Fariz at around 01.30 WIB in the morning.

"Based on the police report we received, we immediately ordered the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Pasaman Police to arrest the three perpetrators of the theft of palm oil," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 30.

The three perpetrators previously committed the crime of stealing 1.150 kilograms of palm oil that occurred on Tuesday (14/5) at Jorong Sariak.

Police carried out surveillance around the house where the perpetrators lived. Right at 01.30 WIB, the Pasaman Police Criminal Investigation Unit saw the perpetrator sitting in front of a house.

"Seeing sitting in a house, officers immediately went to the perpetrator to do it," he explained.

Currently, the three perpetrators have been taken to the Pasaman Police Headquarters for further questioning and further legal proceedings are being carried out. For their actions, the three perpetrators were charged with Article 363 paragraph 1 to 4 of the Criminal Code.