Police Arrested Gang Of Heavy Equipment Vehicle Thieves In Ciamis

The release of the disclosure of the theft of heavy equipment vehicles at the Ciamis Police Headquarters, West Java, Monday (26/5/2025). (ANTARA/Adeng Bustomi)

The Ciamis Police have arrested a gang of specialists in the theft of a motorcycle or vibro roller in a number of areas in West Java with four suspects arrested in the Central Java region.

"The Ciamis Police have arrested the suspects in the jurisdiction of the Kendal Police, Semarang Police, and the jurisdiction of the Pemalang Police, further investigation and investigation will be carried out," said Ciamis Police Chief AKBP Akmal as reported by ANTARA, Monday, May 26.

The disclosure of the case of theft of cross-regional heavy equipment vehicles lasted quite a long time starting from the theft incident on the national highway in the Cikoneng area, Ciamis Regency on April 20, 2025.

"This perpetrator committed theft by lifting heavy equipment using a crane truck," said Akmal.

The Ciamis Police then conducted an investigation by analyzing a number of surveillance cameras on the streets or CCTV to find out which route the perpetrators used.

Finally, the police were able to trace the direction of the crane truck carrying the heavy vehicle that was traveling towards Bandung, then entered the Cisumdawu Toll Road and then Cipali and was taken to the Central Java area.

"We are trying to uncover criminal acts using the method of using technology, we analyze CCTV," he said.

The results of the investigation showed that the crane truck carrying the heavy equipment was sold behind its name, then the heavy equipment had been changed in paint color and sold by the perpetrator for IDR 150 million.

The team from the Ciamis Police were finally able to find out the whereabouts of the stolen vehicle, as well as knowing who the buyer, crane truck driver and also the person involved in the theft until they were finally caught in several places in Central Java.

There are four people, one of whom is an officer who has then been handed over to the agency where he is assigned.

From the confession of the suspect, the action has been carried out in eight crime scenes since 2019, and only three have been successfully secured from three locations.

"The perpetrators also committed the same acts at eight crime scenes in several areas of West Java, and some of them are government-owned heavy equipment," he said.