Police Arrest Iron Thief Supporting Railroads In Garut

Police have secured the location of the theft of railroad iron in Malangbong District, Garut Regency, West Java, Tuesday (18/7/2023). ANTARA/HO-Polsek Malangbong.

The Criminal Investigation Officer of the Malangbong Police arrested two people who had stolen rock buffers bearing rails on the active railway line in Malangbong District, Garut Regency, West Java, early Tuesday morning. Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Malangbong Police, Bripka Dani Nuroni Rukmana, confirmed the theft of railroad iron on a vital track based on the findings directly from the Malangbong Police Criminal Investigation Unit who patrolled crime-prone hours in the early hours of the morning. "The two suspected perpetrators of the theft of railroad iron belonging to PT KAI were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Unit while patrolling on the orders of the leadership to check places prone to stealing, stealing, and stealing," Dani said as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, July 18. The disclosure of the theft began with the order of the Malangbong Police Chief AKP Jainuri to his staff to patrol at vulnerable hours, then found a suspicious two-wheeled vehicle of the Grand Max type, then checked that there was no owner. Furthermore, the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Malangbong Police checked the surrounding environment until they finally found a suspicious person around the railroad tracks between the Bunisari Village area to Citeras Village, Malangbong District, Garut. "After more than an hour suddenly two people appeared claiming to be the owners of the vehicle because it was suspicious with dirty clothes and then invited to the Malangbong Police," he said. Furthermore, the police examined the two people whose initials were AS (42) and YS (33) were both residents of Cibatu District, Garut, and then admitted that they had taken railroad iron from Bunisari Village to Citeras Village, Malangbong. With this confession, the Malangbong Police immediately moved quickly back to the location of the theft to ensure the condition of the railroad was in a safe condition for fear of endangering the lives of many people. "It turns out that it is true that the railroad tracks, which should be beside the railroad tracks as the holder of the railroad on the village side of the road, are ready to be transported using the perpetrator's vehicle," he said.

Furthermore, the Malangbong Police team coordinated with PT KAI officers to secure the location of the rail theft, while the two suspected perpetrators were temporarily detained to undergo further legal proceedings.