The Perpetrator Of The Jambret In Agung Tunggal Balikpapan Was Arrested By The Police

Head of Jatanras Balikpapan Police, Ipda Wempy Ardenta, showed off the catch early last week. (ANTARA/HO-Humas Polresta Bpn)

BALIKPAPAN - CCTV (closed circuit television) aka surveillance cameras assisted the police in uncovering a crime case that occurred on Jalan Agung Tunggal, Balikpapan in early November.

"We have arrested this because the action was caught on CCTV installed on the building on the side of the road where he acted," said Head of the Crime Unit with City Resort Police Violence (Kanit Jatanras Polresta) Ipda Wempy Ardenta, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, November 29.

The 49-year-old snatcher deliberately chose a middle-aged female victim who likes to show off her jewelry, especially necklaces. After taking the victim's jewelry, he ran away on his motorbike.

Early last November, he took action on Jalan Agung Tunggal, a connecting area between Jalan MT Harjono to Balikpapan Baru. On both sides of this road there are many boarding houses and homestays. As a condition of security now, in the boarding houses and homestays there are cameras that oversee roads and yards.

On that road there is also a supermarket retail shop where all of its parts are monitored by CCTV. Some private houses also have these devices.

So when they received the victim's report, the police just had to check at the scene.

The perpetrator's action was clearly recorded. We immediately got to know him as a recidivist who had just been released. So we just need to coordinate to track down his whereabouts," he said.

As a recidivist alias a prisoner, IH data is stored complete in the police.

So not long ago, the Jambret IH was arrested in Samboja, when he was suspected of escaping to Samarinda via the old Balikpapan-Handil road after carrying out his action in early November.

"Previously he had sold two gold necklaces as a result of the last two crimes to collectors in Samarinda for a total of Rp. 5.5 million," said Ipda Wempy. The collector has also been included in the Samarinda Police Wanted List (DPO).

For these two actions, IH will return to prison to serve a maximum sentence of seven years according to the order of Article 363 of the Criminal Code.