Police Arrest 2 Shop Thief Specialists In South Lampung

The two perpetrators of the theft of retail shop specialists in South Lampung were successfully secured by personnel from the Sidomulyo Police. (ANTARA/Riadi Gunawan)

South Lampung Police personnel arrested two perpetrators with the initials PP (32) and BA (21), residents of Katibung District who were specialists in theft of a number of retail stores.

Sidomulyo Police Chief, Iptu Sugiyanto said that his party had succeeded in securing two perpetrators who were almost the tantrums of the masses because they had been caught committing theft in five shops in the local jurisdiction.

"We managed to secure the two perpetrators who almost became the tantrums of the masses for committing theft at three Alfamart stores, one Multi Mart MSME shop, and one Indomaret in the Sidomulyo District," said Sugiyanto in Sidomulyo, Antara, Friday, October 18.

The motive for the perpetrators was that they carried out theft at Alfamart, Indomaret and minimarkets in the jurisdiction of the Sidomulyo Police by moving around. There are five locations.

According to him, during interrogation, the two perpetrators admitted that they had committed acts of stealing in five locations and resulted in a loss of around Rp. 2,810,000. The act of stealing has been carried out for approximately two months.

"From the results of the interrogation, the perpetrator has carried out his actions for two months, arguing that they are addicted to online gambling, so the money according to the confessions of the perpetrators for the online slot gambling model," he said.

The article imposed by the perpetrators is Article 363 Juncto 64 of the Criminal Code, for carrying out repeated actions with the threat of seven years in prison.