The South Tangerang Metro Police managed to arrest robbers at the Public Fuel Filling Station (SPBU) in the Pondok Aren area, South Tangerang, Banten, which occurred on Wednesday (1/1).
"On Thursday (9/1), we secured the perpetrator or suspect with the initials IA (34) in the Bintaro area when he came home from work," said South Tangerang Police Chief AKBP Victor Inkiriwang as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, January 18.
Victor explained that from the hands of the suspect, IA, his party managed to secure the remaining money from the robbery of around Rp. 18 million.
"We are examining the suspect, the funds have been used for personal purposes. The perpetrators are also in debt from online loans," he said.
In the action, the perpetrator worked alone and during the robbery the perpetrator used a lighter that resembled a firearm.
"The suspect was alone and fled, then threw away a firearm-like device in Kali Angke, Serpong area," said Victor.
The suspect IA turned out to have worked in Shell Bintaro, 2016 to 2021 as Chief Manager, so he was aware of the situation.
"Before carrying out the action, the suspect had observed the location and knew the schedule of employees who worked at the time of the incident," said Victor.
Previously, the police investigated the case of violent theft that occurred at a Public Fuel Filling Station (SPBU) in the Pondok Aren area, South Tangerang, Banten.
"The incident occurred on Wednesday (1/1) at 03.00 WIB, precisely at the Shell Bintaro gas station on Jalan Moh. Husni Thamrin, Pondok Jaya Village, Pondok Aren District, South Tangerang," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya, Police Commissioner Ade Ary Syam Indradi, Thursday (2/1).
Ade Ary explained the initial chronology of the incident on Wednesday (1/1) at around 03.00 WIB. At that time, one perpetrator came wearing an online motorcycle jacket (ojol) with a black motorbike without a police number and went straight to the gas station office.
"At that time the victim was inputting a report when he heard a sound knocked on the office door. The victim with the initials AF opened the door and was immediately pointed at by the perpetrator with a black gun," he said.
Then the perpetrator asked for the key to the safe, then the victim contacted the witness with the initials AH to bring the key.
"When AH entered the office and saw that AF was being held at gunpoint, the perpetrator ordered AF and AH to open the room where they kept the safe and immediately opened the unlocked safe," said Ade Ary.
Then the perpetrator ordered AH to enter the money with a nominal value of approximately Rp. 60 million. Then the perpetrator took the AF cellphone and put it in front of the safe room and locked the safe door from outside.
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