AMBON - The police said that a police officer with the initials SHP alias P sold a homemade long-barreled weapon to a resident with the initials WT alias J for personal gain. WT alias J resells this senpi (gun) to the Armed Criminal Group (KKB).
"From the results of the development of investigations and investigations, it turns out that S has twice sold homemade firearms to WT alias J who was caught at the Bintuni (West Papua) Police last week", said the Head of Police for Ambon Island and Lease Islands, Maluku, Police Chief Commissioner Leo SN. Simatupang, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, February 23.
To reveal this case, a joint team has been formed involving the National Police and the Army, especially the Denpom plus Densus 88 Anti-Terror.
According to the Police Chief, suspect S admitted that he did not know that the weapon was finally sold by WT alias J again to the Armed Criminal Group in West Papua.
"He bought a penny assembled SS1 type long barrel from the public for IDR 6 million and then sold it to WT for IDR 20 million", explained Kombes Leo.
The possession of the short-barreled revolver type that was in the hands of the suspect also belonged to a member of the Police with the initials MRA on duty at the Ambon Island Police.
Leo revealed that this weapon was obtained from someone who is currently still in the development of a police investigation.
The MRA handed a revolver gun to a civilian with the initials SN then handed it over to suspect J and seven bullets from suspect I which had also been handed over to J.
Several other pieces of evidence confiscated by the police to substantiate the disclosure of this case were a motorcycle and two cell phones used by the perpetrators, a bank savings book, and an ATM card that was used for transactions.
Leo said that six people had been arrested, two of whom were members of the National Police and the rest were civilians, while one TNI-AD member had already been arrested by the XVI/Pattimura Regional Military Command.
The perpetrators are charged under Article 1 paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law number 12 of 1951 with the threat of death penalty or life imprisonment, or a minimum of 20 years in prison.
Head of Maluku Regional Police Profession and Internal Security Mohamad Syaripudin said two unscrupulous members of the Police who were suspected of being involved in this case threatened to be fired because they had violated the code of ethics.
This case will be forwarded to the prosecutor and proceed to the Ambon District Court and two unscrupulous members of the Police are threatened with being fired from their service.
Meanwhile, Head of Public Relations of the Maluku Regional Police M Roem Ohoirat, said that this incident occurred some time ago in Bintuni, West Papua, after the arrest of a resident with the initials WT alias J.
The evidence obtained was in the form of a revolver-type short-barreled firearm, one SS1-type long-barreled gun, then 600 bullets were added.
The results of the investigation and investigation at the Bintuni Police Station revealed that the evidence was obtained from Ambon City.
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