A Gang Of Cigarette Truck Robbers Worth IDR 3.1 Billion Arrested By Police, Three Perpetrators Arrested

Madiun Police Chief AKBP Muhammad Ridwan and his staff held a press conference in the case of the robbery of a cigarette cargo car at Madiun Police Headquarters (photo: dock. intermediate)

MADIUN- Officers of the Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) of the Madiun Police managed to secure a gang of perpetrators of robbery of a cigarette-laden box car belonging to CV Megah Sejahrtera worth Rp3.1 billion in the Caruban area, Madiun Regency, East Java.Madiun Police Chief AKBP Muhammad Ridwan said, in that case, the police managed to arrest three of the nine members of the gang. While the other six people entered the DPO. "As many as six people are currently still DPOs, have roles as cigarette sellers resulting from the robbery. Meanwhile, the three people who have been secured are the executors," said Police Chief Ridwan during a press conference in Madiun, Saturday, March 2.Three arrested perpetrators with the initials SPR, WW, and AE who are Pemalang residents and Kebumen. They were arrested in Central Java along with evidence. From the hands of the perpetrators, the police secured several evidences including police clothes, police vests, handcuffs, as well as traffic sticks used by the perpetrators to act. AKBP Ridwan explained that the robbery of the cigarette-load car was carried out on Saturday, February 24, 2024 Jalan Raya Madiun-Ngawi, Buduran Village, Wonoasri District, Madiun Regency. In the action, there were those who targeted as police officers who were carrying out operations and stopped targeted truck drivers. After the perpetrators stopped the target truck driver, two other perpetrators were tasked with handcuffing and taped the driver. Meanwhile, the perpetrators disguised themselves as police and stopped the car as if there was an officer operation, with the initials SPR. Meanwhile, WW is a resedivis who played a role in planning the theft and perpetrators with the initials AE helped to commit the crime. The modus of the perpetrators was by posing as police members then stopped a box truck truck that was already known to be loaded with cigarettes. "After stopping the driver was then held in the car used by the perpetrator to be held and carried until Cirebon, western Java," he said.

Kapolres menambahkan, kerugian yang dialami korban dalam kasus tersebut adalah sebanyak 219 karton dengan nominal Rp3,1 miliar. Rokok-rokok tersebut berhasil dijual ke penadah dengan nominal sebesar Rp840 juta, namun baru dibayarkan tersangka EA selaku penadah yang masih DPO sebesar Rp420 juta."Dari uang hasil penjualan sebesar Rp420 juta, masing-masing tersangka memperoleh bagian sebesar Rp60 juta," tambah Kapolres.Polisi hingga kini masih melakukan pengejaran terhadap enam pelaku lainnya yang memiliki peran berbeda.Berdasarkan kejadian tersebut para pelaku dikenakan pasal 365 ayat 1 dan 2 ke satu KUHP dengan ancaman penjara 12 tahun.