Police Arrest 5 Fugitives In The Ranmor Theft Gang In Sukabumi

Five suspects in the theft of motorized vehicles most wanted by the Sukabumi City Police were arrested, Tuesday, May 21 (ANTARA)

SUKABUMI - Operation Jaran Lodaya 2024 Sukabumi City Police managed to arrest five fugitives in the most wanted motor vehicle theft (Ramor) case and managed to secure dozens of stolen motorbikes. "These suspects acted not only in the Sukabumi City area, but acted in the Sukabumi Regency area from the hands of RFA (30), E alias U (50), IS (37), YA (23) and A (44) we confiscated 20 units of stolen motorbikes," said Sukabumi City Police Chief AKBP Ari Setyawan Wibow quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 21. According to Ari, one of the five suspects, it turned out that apart from being involved in the theft of motorized vehicles, it was also a recidivist of the beating case as well as a target of Jaran Lodaya Operation 2024 which was held for 10 days from 11 to 20 May 20, 2024. Not only that, one other suspect, namely E, was a recidivist in the case of motor vehicle theft. During the arrest of the suspect IS and YA, who was a jockey or motorcycle picker, the victim was rewarded with hot lead on the right calf for trying to fight and harm the Sukabumi City Police Satreskrim personnel and trying to escape when he was about to be arrested. In addition, for the role of these two suspects, it is duty to deliver and sell stolen motorcycles to suspect A who is a collector. The syndicate of theft of this motorbike is proficient in carrying out its action and it takes only a few minutes to escape the victim's motorbike, which was previously stalked by RFA.

"The target is a motorbike parked carelessly by its owner and quiet places. The time it takes for the perpetrators to take away the stolen motorbike is less than three minutes," he added. Ari said the suspects were charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code concerning theft by weighting with the threat of imprisonment for seven years, then Article 481 of the Criminal Code concerning making it a habit to deliberately buy goods obtained from crimes with a maximum imprisonment of seven years.