Rental Car From Bali Taken To Situbondo, Perpetrator Arrested By Police

Situbondo Deputy Police Chief Commissioner I Made Prawira Wibowo told the owner of a rental car at the Situbondo Police yard, East Java. Thursday (26/10/2023) ANTARA/Novi Husdinariyanto

SITUBONDO - Situbondo Police, East Java, thwarted the alleged embezzlement of a rental car from the Island of the Gods of Bali.

The Deputy Chief of the Situbondo Police, Kompol I Made Prawira Wibowo, said that his members moved quickly after receiving information on the alleged embezzlement of rental cars from Bali.

"This black Avanza DK 1253 ACG is a rental car in Denpasar, Bali, and the owner reported it to us that it was taken away by its tenant towards Situbondo, in accordance with the results of tracking GPS attached to the car," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, October 26.

Based on GPS tracking attached to a rental car, the Avanza car was finally secured by officers on the Pantura highway, Landangan Village, Kapongan District, including three men suspected of being a gang of embezzlement perpetrators. The three perpetrators were taken to the Police Headquarters.

"We conducted an investigation until we finally managed to find the whereabouts of the car in question and immediately carried out security measures," he said.

The perpetrator's actions were included in the element of embezzlement, but because the car rental owner did not want to report the three of them, the police finally released the three people who took the rental car away.

"This is included in the element of embezzlement. But the person concerned did not want to report it, and freed the three perpetrators," he said.

Meanwhile, the owner of the Rental car Denpasar, Bali, Fenling admitted that he would not report the three perpetrators, and released them because one of his Avanza cars had returned.

"The car is already in my hands. So I don't think there is a need for a report anymore," he said.

He said that the first tenant was originally named Adi Setiawan, a resident of Jakarta. He rented for four days starting on Monday, October 23, 2023. But on the second day, the car alarm sounded which meant a car out of Bali Island.

"Our car rental has a zone. So it can't be taken out of Bali, the alarm will sound," said Fenling.

The three perpetrators who took away the rental car were released because the rental owner did not report, the three of them were Moh Ainur (23), a resident of Mayang Village/District, Jember, Totok Suwarno (49) a resident of Banyuputih Village/Sub-district, and Arias Pranata (33) a resident of the village.