2 Theft Perpetrators Claimed To Be Police In Siak Riau Using A Victim's Toy Gun

Satreskrim Polres Siak after arresting one of the robbers who claimed to be a police officer to his victim. ANTARA/HO-Polres Siak.

SIAK - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the Siak Resort Police, Riau Province, arrested the perpetrators of violent theft who robbed millions of rupiah by claiming to be members of the police. The perpetrators used toy firearms to threaten the victim. Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Siak Police, Iptu Toni Prawira, said the perpetrators numbered two people and started their action on Jalan Lintas Perawang-Siak Kilometer 11, Kotogasib District, Wednesday, January 31. "The perpetrator claimed to be a member of the Koto Gasib Police Sector Police, pulled out the victim's motorbike key and told him to squat. Then pointed a gun at the complainant's head and hit him in the head with a suspected firearm," said Toni in Siak, as reported by Antara, Thursday, February 1. The perpetrator told the victim where he kept the methamphetamine. Furthermore, two victims were handcuffed and then told to ride on a motorbike to a cafe at KM 53 Koto Gasib where one colleague of the perpetrator who also claimed to be a member of the police was waiting. "The victim was interrogated by the two perpetrators, then beaten by the perpetrator. Then one of the perpetrators examined the complainant's motorbike and found the pig pest poison in the motorcycle seat. The perpetrator said that our threat of punishment was more than three years due to storing the pig pest poison," said Toni. Then the victim was photographed and videoed while holding the pig pest poison. Then the perpetrator asked if there was money at the ATM and the victim answered that the victim was Rp3, 4 million until finally asked for Rp3 million. Finally, after taking the victim's money, he was allowed to go home. The Siak Police Satreskrim team who received the incident report conducted an investigation and processed the crime scene. On Wednesday afternoon, information was obtained regarding the whereabouts of the perpetrators at the KM 53 Kotogasib cafe and went straight to the location. "The team saw that one man was identical to the characteristics of the perpetrator described by the victim, then immediately arrested and secured him. During the arrest, a toy that resembled a revolver on the waist," explained Kasat. The US perpetrator admitted that he had committed a crime with PT and asked the suspect to show the whereabouts of PT, but on the way he tried to escape. The team fired warning shots three times but the suspect still fled so decisive and measured action was taken by shooting him in the leg.

"Furthermore, the suspect was taken to the nearest puskesmas for treatment and then the suspect was taken to the Siak Police for further investigation. And set a wanted list for other suspects, PT," he explained.