Robbers Are Recorded By CCTV Take Ornamental Plants At Gowa Resident's Home, Victims Have Been Robbed 4 Times

Screenshot of flower thief in Gowa Sulsel

GOWA - Video of ornamental plant robbery has been widely shared on social media. The perpetrator's action was caught on a CCTV camera.

CCTV footage shows someone riding a motorcycle with a helmet down at a resident's house. He pulled the plant in the flower pot and ran away.

This flower robbery took place at the house of a resident named Nurhayati on Dato Ri Panggentungan Road, Somba Opu District, Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi, Tuesday, January 26.

Home owners, as well as plant owners, admit that they have been victims of ornamental plant robbery several times.

"We have been robbed four times, flowers have been taken are Sansevieria, Shoeblackplant, and Bougainvillea, there are 15 kinds of flower taken, one pot costs around IDR 200 thousand," said the owner of the house, Nurhayati, to reporters.

Nurhayati has reported the case to the police. "Already reported to the police," she said.