Already In Action 11 Times In Semarang, One Of The Perpetrators Of The BTS Panel Theft Was Former Telecommunication Employees

Two BTS signal transmitters were stolen during a press release at the Semarang Police Headquarters, Monday (ANTARA / IC Senjaya)

SEMARANG - Personnel from the Semarang Polrestabes, Central Java, arrested two thieves who specialize in a base transceiver station (BTS) signal transmitter panel. Both have acted about 11 times in the Semarang City area and its surroundings. Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Semarang Polrestabes AKBP Donny Lumbantoruan said the disclosure was based on a report from the BTS tower manager who found warning alarms that sound because someone broke into the telecommunications system's electronic equipment. "There are reports in two different locations in Semarang," he said in Semarang, Antara, Monday, August 14. The two actors ADS (37) and TS (26), each resident of Demak Regency, took the signal transmitter module in the BTS tower. The ADS suspect used to work as a technician at a telecommunications service provider company The perpetrators knew the parts of the BTS tower's electronic devices that could be stolen and resold. The signal transmitter panels, he continued, were resold by being offered through social media for IDR 500 per unit.

For their actions, the two suspects were charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code regarding theft.