Steal IPhone 14 Pro At Soetta Airport, Foreigner From Egypt Deported

Illustration of passengers at Soetta Airport/ Photo: BIT/VOI

JAKARTA - A foreign national (WNA) from Egypt was arrested by the Soekarno Hatta Airport Resort Police (Polresta), for alleged theft of an iPhone belonging to a passenger at Terminal 3 Soetta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten.

"The foreigner from Egypt that we arrested AA in the alleged theft of an iPhone 14 pro cellphone," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Soetta Airport Police, Kompol Reza Fahlevi, Saturday, September 21.

He explained that the alleged theft was known for a report on Friday, September 6 from a victim with the initials VDM from Surabaya who lost his luggage in the domestic arrival area of Terminal 3 Soetta Airport.

"The incident began when the reporter (VDM) last Sunday arrived at the domestic arrival area of Terminal 3 of Soetta Airport after making a flight from Jayapura to Jakarta," he said.

VDM victims while in the Soetta Airport area visited one of the tenants to buy drinks while pushing the trolley containing luggage belonging to the victim

After completing the transaction, said Reza, the victim checked his cellphone, Iphone, 14 black pros, which were placed in a bag on a trolley to be charged, had disappeared.

"For this incident, the complainant suffered a loss of around Rp. 16,200,000, and made a report to the Soetta Airport Police for further investigation," he said.

Reza added, after receiving a team report from the Soetta Airport Police and the Avsec Security Team, they immediately processed the crime scene (TKP), and analyzed CCTV, and traced the perpetrators.

The team, which was deployed in a few days from the incident, immediately managed to identify and secure the perpetrator along with evidence belonging to the victim who was reported missing in an online taxi vehicle that the perpetrator was traveling in.

"The perpetrator was immediately taken to the Soetta Airport Police Headquarters for further investigation until detention was carried out," he said.

He revealed that as a result of the investigation, the suspect RM admitted that he came to Terminal 3 area of Soetta Airport to take his friend back to Egypt.

"The victim's black iPhone 14 pro cellphone was found under the left seat of the suspect's front taxi. When the cellphone was found, the SIM card was no longer installed," explained Reza.

After the detention of the suspect, his party immediately coordinated with the Divhubinter Polri and the Egyptian Embassy regarding the arrest and detention to be copied to the family.

Furthermore, his party received a letter from the Egyptian Embassy of the Republic of Egypt in Jakarta regarding the application for deportation of the color of the country suspected of committing a criminal act.

"Together with the TPI Soekarno-Hatta Special Class I Immigration Office, we deported RM foreigners on Friday (20/9) in the early hours of the morning," he said.