Pretending To Be Shopping, Men Steal Orphanage Charity Box At Minimarket In Banyuwangi

CCTV footage screenshot

BANYUWANGI - A video circulating of the theft of a charity box at a minimarket in Glagah, Banyuwangi, East Java. The action was caught on a CCTV camera.

In this 2 minute 19 second video, the perpetrator enters the mini market casually. Then pretend to buy some stuff.

A moment later, the perpetrator took a mini-market box and fled from the scene.

In the video circulating, the perpetrator is a man wearing blue jeans and a black t-shirt. He wore a brown scarf around his neck and a black scuba mask.

Glagah police chief, AKP Imron confirmed the incident. The action was carried out at the Tirta Wangi minimarket, on Monday 2 August.

Police are still conducting an investigation to arrest the perpetrators.

"We are still investigating the victim. We have checked the crime scene but so far we have not officially reported it," Imron said when contacted, Wednesday, August 4.

He said the stolen charity box belonged to an orphanage and was entrusted to a minimarket. They don't know how much damage was caused by this theft.

"The loss is not yet known, because it is only calculated once a year in the month of Muharram when compensation is given to orphans," he said.