The Rejang Lebong Resort Police (Polres), Bengkulu investigated the alleged theft of a fire vehicle (damkar) belonging to Binduriang District.
Padang Ulak Tanding (PUT) Police Chief AKP Mansyur Daud Manalu said the case of the theft of the fire department vehicle in Binduriang District plate BD 840 KY occurred that morning at around 03.30 WIB and was reported to the PUT Police at around 10.15 WIB.
"After receiving a report from the Binduriang Subdistrict Firefighters, the PUT Police officers immediately went to the scene to conduct an investigation to find out the culprit," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, June 9.
Petugas dari Polsek PUT sudah melakukan olah tempat kejadian perkara (TKP) dan juga mengumpulkan keterangan dari para saksi.
"We have conducted a crime scene investigation, then examined the witnesses. However, as of Monday afternoon, the whereabouts of the fire truck are not yet known, and the alleged perpetrator of the theft is also unknown," he explained.
The incident was first discovered by Yenki, a picket officer in the morning when he came to replace his night watchdog.
When he arrived at the location, he found the Binduriang Subdistrict Fire Station empty, one unit of the Toyota Dyna brand fire truck with plate BD 840 KY was no longer available. Not only that, two pairs of official uniforms were also reported missing.
After seeing this irregularity, witness Yenki immediately contacted Jepri, the officer who was previously on duty at night picket. Jepri's confession that the fire truck was still at the post until midnight. Then this incident was reported by Anizar Danru at the Binduriang Fire Station to the PUT Police.
Head of the Rejang Lebong Regency Fire Department, Ferry Najamudin, confirmed the alleged theft of the Binduriang Post fire truck.
"We have reported this case to the PUT Sector Police, we have also asked the Koramil for help to participate in the search. In addition, we have also deployed officers from the Rejang Lebong Fire Department to conduct a search," said Ferry.
According to Ferry, the fire truck at the Binduriang District Post was allegedly taken by a thief towards Lubuklinggau City, South Sumatra.
Weight bridge officers who were in the Bengkulu border area and South Sumatra saw a fire engine passing on Jalan Lintas Curup-Lubuklinggau at around 03.00 WIB.
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