Rogue Police Deceit In The Seven Well Tourism Area In Babylon Revealed, Squeezing Victims Of IDR 300,000 And Bringing Their Cellphone

Central Bangka Police when holding a press conference to reveal several cases of extortion (Photo: Antara)

Bangka Beliting - The Central Bangka Police, Bangka Belitung Islands (Babel) arrested 2 residents who claimed to be police officers, aka fake police.

The two of them carried out an act of extortion against visitors to the Sumur Tujuh tourist attraction located in Koba District.

Central Bangka Police Chief AKBP Slamet Ady Purnomo said the two perpetrators arrested had the initials AN (40) and SN (38).

"Both of them are domiciled in Koba Subdistrict, we arrested them after following up on the victim's report on behalf of Sukardi (18)," said Police Chief Slamet Ady quoted from Antara, Friday, February 12.

The extortion of the two perpetrators took place on January 15, 2021. Several days after being reported, the perpetrator was immediately arrested by the police.

"Sukardi became a victim of extortion when the victim was sitting casually in the tourist area of Sumur Tujuh, when two perpetrators were approached who claimed to be police officers and asked the victim for Rp.

The victim, who was under threat, admitted that he did not have the requested money. As a result, the two perpetrators took the victim's cell phone as collateral and asked to seek Rp300 thousand in cash.

"The victim went home to take the money, after returning to the location it turned out that the perpetrator was no longer there and took away the victim's cell phone worth Rp. 4 million," said Slamet.

Currently the two perpetrators have been arrested at the Central Bangka Police Headquarters along with evidence of a mobile phone and a motorbike used to carry out their crimes.

"The perpetrator is charged under Article 368 of the Criminal Code with a maximum sentence of nine years in prison," he also said.